Aadhaar Update: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said on Saturday that all new applicants for Aadhaar cards in the state will have to submit their NRC Application Receipt Number (ARN).
He said that this will ‘stop the arrival of illegal foreigners’ and the state government will be ‘very strict’ in issuing Aadhaar cards. Sharma said, ‘It will not be easy to get Aadhaar in Assam.’
The number of applications is more than the population
“The number of applications for Aadhaar cards is more than the population… this indicates that there are doubtful citizens and we have decided that new applicants will have to submit their NRC Application Receipt Number (ARN),” Sharma said at a press conference in Guwahati.
For whom this rule will not apply
He said submitting the NRC application receipt number will not be applicable for 9.55 lakh people whose biometrics were locked during the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and they will get their cards.
‘Identification of illegal foreigners will be accelerated’
Sharma said his government would “speed up the process of identifying illegal foreigners as several Bangladeshis have been caught and handed over to the authorities of the neighbouring country in the last two months.”
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The number of infiltrators increased in Assam
Let us tell you that detecting intruders is an important responsibility for the Assam Police Border Organization. Recent reports have revealed that the number of intruders in Assam has increased. In view of this, the government has intensified action to stop illegal entry.
According to information received from the Assam government, a total of 54 infiltrators have been caught since January 2024. Of these, 48 were caught in Karimganj district, 4 in Bongaigaon district and one each in Haflong GRP and Dhubri district.
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