Author: Samudra Gupta Kashyap
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: September 29, 2008
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L KAdvani
has said illegal migration from Bangladesh is going on unabated and has emerged
as a huge threat to the nation's security. Advani was addressing a 'Vijay
Sankalp' rally of the BJP in the Assam capital on Sunday.
He said a large chunk of the Bangladeshis
were coming in as part of a larger game plan of the ISI of Pakistan.
"Bangladeshi infiltrators are posing a huge threat to India's security.
If media reports are correct, then Saturday's blast in Delhi was also the
handiwork of these Bangladeshis," Advani said.
He pointed out that the Saturday's blast in
Delhi was different from earlier blasts in the national capital in that it
was for the first time that Bangladeshis infiltrators were involved in it.
He also equated Bangladeshi influx to Assam
with the floods of the Brahmaputra, and said the "human flood" from
Bangladesh was a bigger threat to the state than the floods of the Brahmaputra.
"Bangladeshi influx must be fully stopped. Bangladeshis should be sent
back," he asserted.
The NDA's prime ministerial candidate said
introduction of multipurpose identity cards was one way to check this influx.
"The people of Assam want this influx to end.
For this the NDA has two solutions - one,
to issue multipurpose identity cards to all citizens, and two, to prepare
a National Register of Citizens where names of citizens with this identity
card will figure," he said.
