Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 18: BJP State spokesperson Prof Virender Gupta has expressed serious concern on the report that despite repeated reminders from the Ministry of Home Affairs on its directions about the formulation of strategy to deal with the issue of illegal settlement of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in Jammu and Samba districts, the Group of Minister (GoM) constituted by the State Government has failed to formulate any policy to deport these illegally settled foreigners from the State.
He said that it is unfortunate that the GoM has not shown seriousness on the issue and several meetings of GoM on the issue turned out be inconclusive and without any output. Prof Virender expressed doubts that some elements in the erstwhile political establishment and the State administration would have conspicuously assisted the illegal migrants to acquire ration cards, adhaar cards and state subjects.
He pointed out that the State Home Ministry has the data about the number of illegal migrants, areas where they have settled, their activities and about the financial and other type of assistance they are receiving from some of the NGOs and individuals. He said that with the information available to the State Home Department and Police Department, the GoM should have prepared the roadmap for the deportation of the illegal migrants from the State.
He also took National Panthers Party leader Harsh Dev Singh to task for raising fingers on the BJP-PDP Government on the issue of illegally settled Rohingyas and Bangladeshi, where as it was before year 2000 that Rohingyas and Bangladeshis started their infiltration into the territory of Jammu province and settling in and around Jammu and Samba districts. He questioned the silence of Harsh Dev Singh on the issue, when his party was sharing power with PDP and he was Cabinet Minister in the State.
The BJP spokesperson asked the GoM to immediately formulate the strategy on the available information from State Home Department and State Police for their deportation.
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