Assam NRC has no implications for Bangladesh: Foreign secretary

New Delhi: Updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will have no implications for people of Bangladesh, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has assured Dhaka, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s March 17 visit to the country.

“Updation of National Register of Citizens is a process that is entirely internal to India. India assures Bangladesh that NRC will have no implications for the country and its people,” Shringla said at a seminar, ‘Bangladesh & India: A Promising Future’, in Dhaka.

Shringla called on Prime Minister Hasina and foreign minister Momen and held talks with foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen.


He is expected to discuss the preparations for Modi’s Dhaka visit to attend the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “Bangbandhu is iconic, as a globally recognised statesman and iconic symbol of liberation for Bangladesh and for our subcontinent. He is as revered and remembered in India as he is here in Bangladesh.”