The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday, 31 July, after BJP President Amit Shah’s speech on the NRC draft list created an uproar in the House. He said that the Opposition was battling for “Bangladeshi infiltrators”.
Rajiv Gandhi signed Assam accord in 1985, which was similar to NRC. They did not have courage to implement it, we did. Who do you want to save? You want to save Bangladeshi infiltrators?Amit Shah, BJP President
Amid the uproar, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu told members that Home Minister Rajnath Singh would come to the House after attending to his duties in the Lok Sabha and reply to the "sensitive and serious matter”.
TMC members, who had on Monday, 31 July, too led protests that saw Rajya Sabha proceedings being adjourned without transacting any business.
Earlier in the day, leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad asked if members would be given an opportunity to seek clarification after the home minister makes his statement. To this, Naidu replied in the affirmative.
Out of the 3.29 crore applicants, 2.89 crore have been found eligible for inclusion in the complete draft of NRC, which was released in Guwahati on 30 July. This meant that names of 40.07 lakh have been left out of the draft.