In a stern warning to illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Assam and other parts, BJP president Rajnath Singh today made it clear that they will not be “tolerated” and action will be taken against them if his party comes to power.
“If BJP comes to power, we’ll institute an inquiry to find out how so many people of a particular community could enter the country illegally and settle down,” Singh said during a rally at Karimganj in Barak Valley.
“If, however, anybody comes with proper passport, visa or work permit, we have no problem with that but we cannot accept if they do not go back and settle down here,” the BJP chief said.People, who came from Bangladesh after 1971 and settled in Assam or elsewhere in the country, should be treated as illegal migrants, he said.
“Everybody knows that there has been a huge influx of people of a particular community from Bangladesh during the last four decades and certain political parties have patronised them for vote-bank politics,” he said.
