On 4th August 2005, when Banerjee was in the Opposition and the state was under communist rule, she held very different views on the issue. She had thrown papers at the deputy speaker and had raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants obtaining voter id cards in her state.
Patowary said that 12% of work-related to the scanning of 'speaking order' was left and that rejection slips would be issued after the work gets completed around March 20.
In a series of tweets, the UIDAI clarified that no such notices have been issued to people to prove their citizenship as Aadhaar is not a document of citizenship.
The Minister of State clarified that there are approved standard operating procedures in place to deal with cases of children who have been excluded from the NRC while their parents feature in the list.