Even before the eastern Indian state of Assam concludes its controversial exercise to detect illegal foreigners, the decision by a second Indian state to do something similar has raised concerns about the spread of nativist politics.
The government of Nagaland will begin setting up a Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) today, as a "master list" of indigenous inhabitants of the state. The government says the RIIN is an attempt to prevent people from acquiring fake indigenous inhabitant certificates.
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