“The Supreme Court clearly said the illegal expulsion act is valid and if the government wishes, they can expel the foreigners without going to Foreigners Tribunals,” #Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

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#ForeignersTribunals #IndiaBangladeshborder

Gauhati High Court echoes Assamese ethnic nationalist discourse in order on foreigners tribunal Instead of simplifying the bureaucratic maze of citizenship, it reaffirmed the rhetoric of distrust around the National Register of Citizens.

In this piece, Suraj Gogoi & I analyse a recent Gauhati HC order which offers an indictment of the #ForeignersTribunals regime, but then goes on to introduce more arbitrariness in the system by asking the state gov to review past orders.

#Assam #citizenship #NRC

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