[The (joint) statement, in effect, very well endorses the NRC process, which had, rather grotesquely, shifted the burden of proof from the state to the individuals. That's pretty shameful, to put it rather mildly.
To be fair, it has expressed/issued some pious wishes/appeals and called for some paliatives, recognising the essential legitimacy of the NRC process. Once that is recognised, the logical/moral basis of opposing it outside of the boundaries of Assam becomes only too wobbly. ***If it's good enough for Assam, what's the problem in using it - sans the special provisions under the 1985 Assam Accord, elsewhere as well, to detect "foreigners"??? It's hardly anybody's case, at least in public, that India should house "foreigners".*** At least, definitely, not of these Left Parties. Of course, it's no shocker. Public applauding of the NRC - its "rigorous procedures and methodical cross-verifications", in particular, by Dr. Hiren Gohain (ref.: < https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/it-is-important-to-contextualise-the-nrc/article29334764.ece>) - an eminent intellectuall associated with the CPI(M) , gave us enough of an advance notice. (For a starkly contrasting assessment, by a People's Tribunal - consisting of eminent jurists and public intellectuals, one may look up: < https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-364231.pdf>. And also: < https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-narrow-nationalism-again/article29394298.ece >.) Here is another one, still earlier version: < https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1465725236903255&set=p.1465725236903255&type=3&theater >. (The CPI(M) (in Assam) *demanding* early publication of the NRC - in December 2016.) Sukla] September 12, 2019 Press Statement The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following statement: NRC in Assam: Ensure Justice for All The final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has excluded 19.06 lakh claimants who had applied to be included in the register. Preliminary reports show that a large number of Indian citizens have been left out. It is necessary, therefore, to ensure that there is a fair process by which the appeals can be heard and decided. The procedure set out is for those who have been excluded to appeal within 120 days to designated Foreigners Tribunals. The Foreigners Tribunal is not a judicial body and functions more on an executive basis. As per the present rules, it will consider the merit of the appeal before deciding to be admitted. Such screening is unwarranted. To ensure a fair process and to safeguard the rights of those excluded, it is essential to have the appeal go through a judicial process. The Left parties demand that a judicial mechanism be set-up to hear the appeals over and above the tribunal. Those declared as foreigners by the tribunals are liable to be sent to detention camps. Those detained in detention camps do not have elementary human rights. Detaining people for an indefinite period in such camps is illegal and unconstitutional. The Left parties demand the abolition of the detention camp system. The BJP in Assam is demanding re-verification of the NRC list or even a fresh NRC in the state. This must not be done as it is meant only to advance the BJP’s communal and divisive agenda. The Left parties appeal to the people of Assam to maintain communal harmony and to not allow any targeting of the excluded persons. The BJP government is talking about extending the NRC process in the whole of India. This is uncalled for and it is being done only with the aim of targeting certain sections of people and to create polarization. The Left parties are opposed to the NRC process, in any form, being extended to the rest of India. Sd/- (Sitaram Yechury) (D. Raja) General Secretary, CPI(M) General Secretary, CPI (Dipankar Bhattacharya) (Debabrata Biswas) General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary, AIFB (Kshiti Goswami) General Secretary, RSP -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZiMQ3tX36Km5o98MOb9x-AeMjTbXEPemxXYfD6%2B%3DdJhjw%40mail.gmail.com.
