The family members of India's fifth president late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed don't have their names on the National Register of Citizens list that was published on 31 August, Saturday.
Ziauddin, who is Fakhruddin Ahmed's nephew and hails from Rangia in Kamrup district of Assam told News18 that he was in for a shock when their names did not appear in the first draft of the NRC.
"I am the nephew of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and my name is missing in the NRC, since my father’s name is not in the legacy data, we are little worried about it," Ziauddin Ali Ahmed told News18.
More than 19 lakh people being excluded and a total of 3,11,21,004 found eligible for inclusion.
Ahead of the publication of the final NRC, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday asked people not to panic and said the state government will take all possible steps to help genuine Indians prove their citizenship and provide legal assistance to the poor.
“No one should be worried. No one should panic. Government is here to take care of everyone. Even those who will be excluded from the final list will get enough opportunity to prove their Indian citizenship,” he told PTI in an interview.
"Exclusion from the NRC does not mean a person automatically becoming a foreigner. Only a Foreigner Tribunal (FT) has the right to declare a person foreigner, no one else. Even if someone is declared a foreigner, that person can challenge the FT order in the high court, and if not satisfied, then the Supreme Court," he said.
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