New Delhi: More than five months have passed since the Clause 6 committee on Assam Accord submitted its sealed report to the state government, the Union Home Ministry (MHA) is yet to take a call on the measures to implement the recommendations of the committee or make the report public.
Talking to ETV Bharat, All Assam Students Union (AASU) general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi said that central Government is adopting a double standard.
It may be mentioned here that AASU was also a representative in the committee.
"Home Minister Amit Shah has earlier said that the moment they get recommendations from the Clause 6 committee, all recommendations will be submitted. But now, it has been over 5 months and nobody has issued any statement in this regard," said Gogoi.
Central government should be sincere in implementing the recommendations of the Clause 6 committee which safeguard the indigenous people of Assam, said Gogoi.
"We demand that the government should implement the recommendations in next one month and make the report public," said Gogoi.
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He said that Clause 6 was incorporated in the Assam Accord to protect the indigenous people of the state following large scale influx from Bangladesh.
"Assam already has taken the burden of illegal foreigners and the CAA violates the basic principle of Assam Accord as it provides citizenship to the foreigners who entered Assam even after 1971," said Gogoi.
He said that sentiments of the people of Assam are connected with the Assam Accord and "central government should respect our sentiments."
The committee in its report submitted to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is believed to have set 1951 as a cut off date to make one eligible for the benefits under Clause 6.
The recommendation has already created a ripple among cross-sections of the society following the fact that in a judgement passed by Supreme Court, March 24, 1971, was set as a cut of year for anybody to become Indian citizen and accordingly published an updated National Register of Citizen (NRC).