At a time when the Assam government and various organizations of the state have refused to accept the list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) by claiming that a large number of "illegal" foreigners name have been included in the list which was published on August 31, 2019, Assam Congress MLA demanded on Friday that the government should "accept" the updated NRC and "declare it as valid". Assam Congress MLA, Abdur Rashid Mandal told ANI, "The updated NRC list should be declared valid by the Assam government".
