https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/an-all-india-nrc-would-turn-citizens-into-supplicants/cid/1721575

- If the State has doubts about an individual’s citizenship status, it has to substantiate its suspicions. With a National Register of Citizens, the burden of proof is abruptly shifted: the citizen has to prove his/her claim to citizenship. It’s like the abrupt withdrawal of the presumption of innocence

An all-India NRC would turn citizens into supplicants

A national apparatus dedicated to snouting up false citizens but only from a single religious community: this will be India’s gift to modern governance