STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Concerned over the aftermath of NRC, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) and Assam Congress Legislature Party took the decision that a high level team of APCC will visit certain districts of the State over a Joint Sitting on September 7. The team will visit various places in a phased manner to take stock of the post NRC publication scenario.
The team will interact with the public whose names were not included in the final list of NRC. While interacting with the public, the team will create awareness and sensitize about the various procedures of the appeal provisions for those Indians whose names were not in the NRC and reinstate the commitment of the Congress party to ensure that the names of every Indian citizen be included in the NRC.
The sensitization drive will be organized from September 18 to 28, 2019, in three phases led by APCC president Ripun Bora, Ex-CM Tarun Gogoi and 55 other team members, who will tour by bus. In the first phase, the team will leave for Tinsukia on September 13, followed by public interaction the next day at Dhola, Jagun and Tinsukia. On September 15, public interaction will be held at Lumbding in Hojai district and Rupahi in Nagaon district.
In the second phase, the team will leave for Bijni and have public interaction in the same place along with Dhubri on September 20. This will be followed by a visit and interaction in Bongaigaon and Boko the next day.
In the third phase, there will be a public interaction at Karimganj in the morning and Ratabari in the evening on September 24, followed by interaction at Hailakandi the next day, and interaction at Cachar on September 26. The team will wrap up the drive on September 28, in the fourth phase, with a public interaction at Sonitpur district.
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