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Publication: Central Chronicle
Date: August 18, 2007
URL: http://www.centralchronicle.com/20070818/1808303.htm
NESO and AAPSU have given notice to New Delhi
and Guwahati that they are determined to throw the illegal migrants out- Insaf
Picturesque Assam is once again in turmoil.
Its plantations and rice fields are turning more and more red with blood.
The outlawed ULFA continues to play Dhaka's diabolical game and has killed
over 70 Bihari workers during the past few weeks. Thousands of Bihari labourers
in the State have expectedly panicked and started moving back. This suits
Dhaka and Pakistan's ISI eminently and is, in fact, in accordance with their
game plan. Exit of Bihari labourers from the plantations of Assam clears space
for illegal Bangladeshi migrants to move in and change the State's demographic
landscape. The North-East Students Organisation (NESO) already feels that
the continuing influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants has become "critical"
not only for Assam but for the entire North-East region.
In fact, both NESO and AAPSU (All Arunachal
Pradesh Students Union) have given notice to New Delhi and Guwahati that they
are "determined to throw the illegal migrants out." They want New
Delhi and Guwahati to adopt an effective mechanism to push out the illegal
migrants without further delay. Additionally, they want the entire region
brought within the Inner-Line Permit regime. This would oblige all outsiders
to secure a permit to enter the region. AAPSU has already got some 25,000
"suspected nationals" (namely non-Indians) to leave Arunachal and
move into Assam by serving "quit notices" on them. NESO is livid
that Guwahati has allowed them to stay on in Assam and has threatened to launch
an aggressive movement unless the Centre and the Assam Government act fast.