<span style="color: #222222;">Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar today said that the National Register of Citizens is the soul of the Assam Accord signed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Briefing media outside Parliament, Mr Kumar said the purpose of NRC is to flush out infiltrators. <br />''<br />''He criticised Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for casting aspersions on the entire process, saying that they should not make irresponsible remarks. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said Congress and TMC should decide if they are on the side of infiltrators or on the side of the country's citizens.</span><br />'' <br />''  <br />