On April 15, the Janagosthiya Samanvay Parishad (JSPA), an umbrella body of more than 30 “indigenous” organisations in Assam, launched a website to conduct what they are calling a “census” of Assamese Muslims in the state, in order to distinguish them from Bengali-speaking migrant Muslims, reports Indian Express. Chief Convener, JSPA, and Assam Minorities Development Board chairman, Syed Muminul Aowal, said that the census is “modelled on the lines of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).” “The Assamese Muslims have the same names as Bengali Muslims and are often clubbed with them,” said Aowal, “That is why they have faced a lot of problems. This register is so that one can differentiate them from Bengali-speaking migrant Muslims.”