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The NRC - A Flawed Register of Citizens

The NRC (National Register of Citizens) is a flawed process of separating genuine citizens from illegal foreign immigrants imitating citizenship of India. Introduced in the Northeast upon the arrival of the BJP to governance, it has shaken the afflicted states. The NRC may soon be upon the rest of India too.

The NRC can be seen as an anti-immigration policy, favoured by the Republicans of USA. Donald Trump Jr.'s Wall strategy could analogise the NRC. While the USA attempts to demur the Mexicans from crossing borders, India does so with IDPs (Internally Displaced Personnel) and refugees (from impoverished regions in Bangladesh, Nepal etc.). Unfavoured by some and lauded by others; the practice, in essence, is democratically acceptable. As the publicly mandated government of India, the majority of the populace agrees with the true spirit of the NRC. Miserably, the incumbent government wields the NRC as a weapon. It scythes and stabs its victims, persecuting them to no avail. 

The current target of the NRC persists to be the Muslims. Hatred for the Muslims is visible in the sentiment of the incumbent Home Minister and his fellow cabinet. The RSS (An influential organisation in India responsible for the BJP's ethos) chief seems confident that not a single Hindu will have to leave India upon omission from the NRC. This statement proposes a severe implication that all foreign refugees are non-Hindu.  

The aforementioned statement is fallacious. A significant percentage of refugees in India are Hindus. The accurate statistics are currently unavailable. The NRC is riddled with anomalies, loopholes and (intentional?) fallacies. When, and if, the NRC is ever completed, wherever shall the refugees and non-Indians (stateless) go? They cannot be forcefully sent to their respective nations as it is against the 1984 Convention against torture signed by India. They cannot be conscripted for forceful labour (slavery) by the Indian government under the norms of the 1926 Slavery Convention. These refugees and stateless individuals will, therefore (under the Assamese government's plan of action), be placed under detention in prospective detention centres. 

Our Prime Minister is fond of saying 'Atithi Devo Bhava'. He should remember the guests of India and not perpetrate unjust and religiously discriminatory practices upon the refugees and stateless personnel. GlobeIsOne reiterates that India should sign the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol to establish a genuinely humanitarian system in India.

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