New Delhi: The Assam NRC process is well-intentioned but has become a victim of armchair commentators, CJI Ranjan Gogoi has said on Sunday.
Gogoi, who headed the bench which ordered the NRC in Assam, said it was a well-intended exercise aimed at curbing illegal immigration. He, however, regretted that the whole process has become a victim of “armchair commentators”.
The CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court had transferred NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh in the wake of a series of controversies.
There was widespread anger and a sense of betrayal among political parties as the NRC process rejected the citizenship claims of a little over 19 lakh people.
The Assam government as well as the ruling BJP in the state had expressed concern over several “technical flaws” in the process.
Prasanta Patnaik