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The members of Assam Nagarik Mancha on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government in the state is โ€œanti-Bengaliโ€ and demanded that a new NRC be published with the voter list of 2014 being the bench mark.

The complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), touted as a document of Assamese identity, was published last month and excluded the names of over 40 lakh people of the state.

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โ€œThe BJP government in Assam is anti-Bengali. It wants to remove Bengalis from Assam,โ€ Bijay Chakraborty, general secretary of the Mancha, told reporters here.

โ€œThe BJP came to power with the votes of these people and now all of a sudden they have become foreigners. We will never allow BJP to divide India on the basis of communal lines,โ€ he said.

Chakraborty said in the name of NRC the BJP is targeting Bengalis who have been living in Assam for the last several decades.

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โ€œWe demand that a new NRC should be published with the voter list of 2014 being the bench mark,โ€ Chakraborty said.

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