Assam police women commando team “Viranagana” showing their skills
during the Republic Day celebrations in Guwahati on Monday.- Photo: PTI
: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday announced
that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), currently being updated in
Assam, would be published in January 2016.
Making
the announcement in his Republic Day address delivered after the
ceremonial hoisting of the National Flag at Khanapara here, the Chief
Minister said that the procedure devised for updating the citizens’
register envisaged the use of latest information technology and aimed at
ensuring that no names of foreign nationals find mention in the NRC.
Stating
that illegal migration has been a matter of serious concern, Mr Gogoi
said his government was committed to preventing illegal migration into
Assam from the international border, and in order to bring permanent
solution to the issue, the Assam Government had started updating the NRC
under the guidance of the Central government.
The
Chief Minister said that his government had also taken steps for
detection and deportation of illegal foreigners by strengthening the
Foreigners’ Tribunals and by the establishing three temporary detention
centres at Goalpara, Kokrajhar and Silchar to accommodate those declared
as “foreigners” by the tribunals, till their expulsion.
Dwelling
on the insurgency problem, the Chief Minister said that the Security
forces currently engaged in massive operations against the militants of
the National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit), who massacred
innocent Adivasis on December 23, gained major success with the support
of the people and the government shall continue to use all its resources
to deal firmly with subversive elements.
“The
strategy adopted by our government for the last 14 years under the
Unified Command Structure has given significant results with many
misguided youth joining the mainstream. The success has also been
reflected in the Suspension of Operations with 17 extremist outfits, out
of which the Government signed an MoS (Memorandum of Settlement) with
BLT (Bodo Liberation Tigers), UPDS (United People’s Democratic
Solidarity), DHD(N) (Dima Halam Daogah-Nunisa) and DHD (Jewel),” he said
in his speech and added that his government would continue to make
efforts to make all misguided youth who have embarked on militancy, to
lay down arms and return to civil society within the parameters of the
Constitution.
