India strips four million people of citizenship in Assam

Guwahati - Those left out of the list will however get ample opportunity to appeal.

India on Monday stripped four million people of citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, under a controversial draft citizenship list that has sparked fears of deportation of largely Bengali-speaking Muslims.
"It's a historic day for Assam and India as a whole. We have achieved a milestone of publishing the first complete draft NRC (National Register of Citizens)," Shailesh, the registrar general of India who uses one name, said at a press conference.
Those left out of the list will however get "ample opportunity" to appeal and have their names included in the final list, he added.
 

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