“It is total a misconception. The decision had not taken into consideration of a particular state. It is Pan-India notification. It has been raised to an issue and it is politicized,” VK Singh said in Guwahati.
Addressing a press conference, the minister said it is natural that when people migrate, the migrating people had took shelter in nearby places and so that the maximum burden of Bangladeshi migrating people in Assam’s shoulder after 1971 war.
The Union government had issued a notification on September 7 to regularize stay of non-Muslim immigrants of Bangladesh and Pakistan in India.
Various political and non-political organizations of Assam, including All Assam Students Union (AASU), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Krishak Mukti Sangram Sammittee (KMSS), have protested against the centre’s decision and demanded to cancel the notification immediately.
On Wednesday, hundreds of AASU workers protested against the centre’s decision in Guwahati.
“Assam will not take extra burden. According to Assam Accord signed in 1985, all foreigners after March 24, 1971 must be leave from Assam,” AASU advisor Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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