Author: Angshuman Sarma & Bonojit Hussain

Angshuman Sarma is a Phd candidate at Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, JNU. Bonojit Hussain is a former Research Professor, SungKongHoe (Anglican) University, Korea, and currently he is an independent researcher based in Assam.

On 30th June, the complete draft list of NRC will be published, a narrative has been constructed, mostly by BJP leaders and the Sangh Parivar that 30th June will decide the fate of who is a citizen and who not. This narrative of finality has been spearheaded by powerful BJP minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who has been repeatedly saying that 30th June 2018 will decide ‘friend or foe of Assam”. This imposed narrative has, understandable, created anxiety and fear among many people, especially Muslims of East Bengali origin.
That being the situation, If any issue related to NRC is sensationalized without proper substantiation or due to lack of understanding of the nuances related to the process, one may unintentionally further strengthen the conspiracy of fear that is being spread by the Sangh parivar.