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After the final NRC, we'll begin disenfranchising illegal migrants: Ram Madhav

In an exclusive interview with Kaushik Deka, BJP National General Secretary and Northeast in-charge Ram Madhav explains his party’s stand on those excluded by the NRC and why they support granting citizenship to Hindu immigrants.

The draft National Register of Citizens on July 30 has left out more than four million of Assams 32 million people. While those excluded have a chance to re-apply for citizenship by September 28, there is no clarity on the governments policy on those who fail to make it to the final NRC, to be published by the year-end. Adding to the confusion is the governments push for the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, which may end up legalising half of those excluded in the NRC. In an exclusive interview with Kaushik Deka, BJP National General Secretary and Northeast in-charge

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