NRC my 'baby' and BJP failed to nurse it, claims ex-Assam CM
Speaking about updating National Register of Citizens (NRC), ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi has claimed that the idea was his "baby", conceived during his term in office. He further said the BJP has failed to "nurse" it properly, and added, "BJP...always played politics with the foreigners' issue on communal lines." Over 40 lakh names have been excluded from NRC draft.