D Voter

Of no fixed abode: In a village known for its D-voters, 48-year-old woman ostracised after Assam NRC exclusion

Despite having his name in Assam’s electoral rolls of 1971 — the cut-off year for National Register of Citizenship (NRC) — Kumud Ram Das, 63, has been languishing in a detention camp for the last nine months.

Of no fixed abode: Silchar woman now 'officially' a citizen, but earlier detention over misspelt name continues to haunt her

Though elated to have been named in the final draft of NRC, Suchandra Goswami shudders to remember the days she spent in a detention centre in Silchar. "Three days seemed like three years in the cell," she says.

Noisy scenes in Assam assembly, AIUDF legislators expelled

During Question Hour, Sherman Ali Ahmed of AIUDF insisted on clarifications from the government on 'D' (doubtful) voters issue.