Two years have gone by since the final draft of NRC was published on this day in Assam, leaving out over 19 lakh applicants, all efforts to overhaul the list, amid cries that genuine names were excluded, have only hit the wall with demands for re-verification of the document still pending before the Supreme Court.

The National Register of Citizens (NRC), prepared in accordance with Assam Accord provisions, catalogued names of the “genuine citizens” of India. The ones, who did not find a place in the updated list, have since been running from pillar to post, trying to figure out how to get their names enlisted, as uncertainty looms over their future. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, when asked about the concerns over the draft, simply said “the matter is pending in the Supreme Court and I will not like to comment on it”.