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Responding to the allegation, Sarma said Mander was responsible for derailing the NRC exercise in the state. “If I was there (in authority) then, I would have taught him a lesson,” he said.
The Chief Minister reiterated his earlier claim that Mander and others had visited Assam during the NRC updation process and had adversely affected its outcome.
“During the NRC updating process, they created false kin of people to include names of ineligible applicants, and individuals like social activist Mander were the brains behind it,” Sarma alleged.
The final NRC was released on 31 August 2019, with 3,11,21,004 names included out of 3,30,27,661 applicants. However, the register is yet to be officially notified.
There was no immediate response from Mander to Sarma’s remarks.