Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 1: Stepping up its campaign against illegal settlement of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi immigrants in Jammu, National Secular Forum (NSF) today staged a strong protest demonstration against the Government for its failure to evict these illegal immigrants while Manvadhikar National Party has dubbed these Rohingyas as threat to demography of Jammu.
A number of NSF activists, led by State president Dr Vikas Sharma, took part in the protest demonstration and amidst rising of slogans, they also torched an effigy of the Rohingyas, Bangladeshis in the State. They requested the Chief Minister to take an overall review of the growing presence of Rohingyas, Bangladeshis in the State and also direct security agencies to identify sympathizers of these illegal immigrants.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Vikas Sharma said, “The illegal immigrants have been provided with the electricity connections while in the recent development a group of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis had managed to buy land on the outskirts of Jammu city besides raising construction on JDA lands by procuring PRCs, Aadhar cards and Ration cards pointing towards a larger conspiracy behind their settlement in Dogra land.”
He regretted that while the Rohingyas from Myanmar and Bangladeshis could manage to settle in the Jammu in the recent years besides Tibetan refugees enjoying the voting rights in Kashmir, the West Pak Refugees being the citizens of India who crossed over to Jammu to survive the massacre of partition were struggling for the State subject rights since 1947.
Meanwhile, State unit of Manvadhikar National Party today asked the J&K Government to pass an order for a time-bound deportation of illegally settled Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims from the Jammu region.
“Home Minister should direct the State Government to evict Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims, who have been living in various districts of Jammu province illegally, in a time- bound manner,” said senior State Spokesperson of MNP, Rohit Koul while talking to reporters here.
Accusing the State Government of using dilly dallying tactics, MNP State president Sanjay Dhar said that Rohingyas, who were banished and forced to leave Myanmar because of their involvement in criminal and terror-related activities, had been allowed to enter Jammu and Kashmir under a deep-rooted conspiracy. He also describing these illegal settlement in Jammu and Kashmir as a grave threat to cultural, historical and religious identity of Dogras and Kashmiris.
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