Even as the government of Assam stands accused of bending over backwards to accommodate the interests of illegal Bangladeshi migrants, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast are standing up against the influx, which has come to threaten the very existence of the indigenous communities in this region. The two states have fallen back on
every available legal provision to throw out illegals.
Setting a precedent – as opposed to the one set by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, who said all Bangladeshis would be treated as guests in Delhi – Meghalaya has, especially after the serial blasts in Assam in October, decided to go on the offensive against the illegal migrants.
In November alone, Meghalaya pushed out more than 250 suspected Bangladeshis from its capital Shillong. Chief Minister Donkupar Roy did not mince words: “I have asked the district administration to push out not just Bangladeshis but also others who enter the state without proper identification papers,” he told the press. “Security concerns must not be limited to Assam alone but to the entire region,” he said, referring to the blasts that had left close to a hundred people dead, while injuring hundreds of others, in Assam on October 30.
States in the northeast, the worst affected by the Bangladeshi problem, have often shown varying and sharply contrasting responses to the migrants problem. The Assam blasts had been claimed by the Islamic Security Force (Indian Mujahideen), which is believed to have among its ranks illegal Bangladeshis from the northeast. Strangely, Assam’s Congress government has for weeks now, been in the dock, blamed for trying to place the blame on militant groups like National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), to avoid displeasing its alleged Bangladeshi votebank in the state.....Continue
every available legal provision to throw out illegals.Setting a precedent – as opposed to the one set by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, who said all Bangladeshis would be treated as guests in Delhi – Meghalaya has, especially after the serial blasts in Assam in October, decided to go on the offensive against the illegal migrants.
In November alone, Meghalaya pushed out more than 250 suspected Bangladeshis from its capital Shillong. Chief Minister Donkupar Roy did not mince words: “I have asked the district administration to push out not just Bangladeshis but also others who enter the state without proper identification papers,” he told the press. “Security concerns must not be limited to Assam alone but to the entire region,” he said, referring to the blasts that had left close to a hundred people dead, while injuring hundreds of others, in Assam on October 30.
States in the northeast, the worst affected by the Bangladeshi problem, have often shown varying and sharply contrasting responses to the migrants problem. The Assam blasts had been claimed by the Islamic Security Force (Indian Mujahideen), which is believed to have among its ranks illegal Bangladeshis from the northeast. Strangely, Assam’s Congress government has for weeks now, been in the dock, blamed for trying to place the blame on militant groups like National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), to avoid displeasing its alleged Bangladeshi votebank in the state.....Continue
