The Gorkha Autonomous Council Demand Committee (GACDC) has demanded that Gorkhas be recognised as an indigenous community of _____ in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation process.

The GACDC has demanded that Gorkhas be recognised as an indigenous community of Assam. GACDC chairman Gorkhafa Harka Bahadur Chetry speaking at 'Raithaney Gorkha Bhela' meeting made the demand. They said the Assam Accord cut off date March 24, 1971 for identification of illegal migrants was not be applicable to Gorkhas as they were the "sons of the soil" and indigenous of the state.