Author: UNI
Publication: Newkerala.com
Date: January 3, 2011
URL: http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-117837.html
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Assam, the
BJP today petitioned the Election Commission to identify and remove all the
illegal Muslim migrants who had entered the country from Bangladesh after
the cut off date to ensure free and fair polling.
A memorandum submitted to the Election Commission
by a delegation led by BJP General Secretary Vijay Goel and Assam poll incharge
Varun Gandhi along with BJP MPs from the state seeking the deletion of all
illegal Bangladeshi names from the voters' list and prepare correct voters'
list before the polls scheduled this year and accord citizenship status to
displaced Hindu Bengalis from Bangladesh.
The memorandum submitted by Mr Goel said that
out of 126 Assembly constituencies in the state 82 per cent had recorded seven
per cent growth in voters compared to the national average of 1.67 per cent
from 1999 to 2004.
Eighteen Assembly constituencies out of 82
had recorded 10 per cent growth with one constituency -- Dhekiajuli -- registering
22.5 per cent growth per annum. The growth rate before 1971 was a mere 2.73
and after creation of Bangladesh, the numbers had jumped to 4.67 per cent.
All Bangladeshi Muslim migrants who could not prove their roots in the state
must be identified and deported, he said.
Mr Goel said the situation in Assam was nothing
but a 'constitutional breakdown' because Indian territory was being conquered
by insidious method of ballots. Illegal migrants, he alleged, were ready to
become 'Kings' in the coming elections.
It was the responsibility of the Centre to
protect its borders from external aggression and internal disturbance. The
Assam Government and the Centre had miserably failed to check illegal migration
of Bangladeshi nationals due to adoption of soft policy on purly political
consideration.
As far as the Hindus fleeing from Bangladesh
was concerned, he said it was the moral responsibility of people to accept
all Hindus from Pakistan and Bangladesh as they faced discrimination on religious
grounds.
The displaced Hindu Bangladeshis were currently
residing in Assam facing a lot of intimidation and harassment from the Government.
The BJP demanded that they be given citizenship treating their problem as
national issue.
There was also an effort to brand Indian voters
in the 'doubtful voters list' merely on the basis of their Hindu surnames
-- Chatterjee, Mukherjee and Chakravarty, he said.
Genuine Indians should be allowed to cast
their votes.
Mr Goel said the issue will be discussed in
detail in the coming National Executive meeting of the BJP and will make it
an election issue.
The Election Commission on its part had assured
the BJP delegation that they would be sending an official team to visit the
state.
Among signatories to the memorandum included
Assam MPs Rajan Gohain, former Union Ministers Bijoya Chakravorty and Kabindra
Purkayastha and Ramen Deka.
