NEW DELHI, Oct. 5 -- The ongoing National Register of Citizenship (NRC) process in Assam figured during bilateral dialogue between India and Bangladesh on Saturday, with India reiterating that it was a Supreme Court-mandated exercise.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina raised the issue during the delegation level talks with India. Bangladesh wanted to know what was going on in Assam and the government's stand on the NRC. India responded by stating that it was a court-mandated exercise and the due process of which has to be completed, sources said.
Earlier during his recent visit to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly assured Hasina in New York that Bangladesh had nothing to worry about the NRC, since the two co...