Those voters excluded from NRC can vote in Assam: CEC Sunil Arora

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Wednesday said those excluded from Assam’s updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), if their names are on the final electoral rolls, can vote in the assembly polls likely to be held in April-May. The updated NRC under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court was released on August 31, 2019, excluding the names of 19,06,657 persons. A total of 3,11,21,004 names were included out of 3,30,27,661 applicants.