'Should have said he is a Koch-Rajbanshi': Assam CM responds to Mamata over NRC notice being issued to Rajbanshi person
'It is a judicial process, but the State government has already recommended that (citizenship) cases against Koch-Rajbanshi people should be withdrawn. The process is on,' Sarma told the media after a cabinet meeting on July 10.
He was replying to a query about his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee's statement that 'an NRC notice' was issued to Uttam Kumar Brajabasi, a Rajbanshi and resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar, West Bengal for 50 years, by the Assam tribunal.
Sarma said Brajabasi should have informed the tribunal that he belongs to Koch-Rajbanshi community.
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