Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: Expressing indignation over the BJP-PDP failure to evict Rohingyas and Bangladeshis from Jammu and its surroundings, NPP chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh has said that the so called GoM constituted by the State Government for the purpose of deportation of the foreign immigrants to their respective countries had proved an ‘eye wash’.
He rued that the recent incidents of purchase of immovable property in and around Jammu and Samba districts besides encroachment of State lands by them had posed a demographic threat to Jammu Pradesh.
Addressing a press conference here today, NPP leader raised question mark on the credibility and the intentions of the Coalition Government and regretted that ever since the GoM was constituted to curb the soaring population of Rohingyas in and around Jammu city and devised a strategy for their eviction, no concrete action had been taken until now by the aforesaid group which was set up on the directives of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
He divulged that the Central Govt was forced to take the step in the wake of strong mass movement spearheaded by NPP demanding their immediate deportation to native countries. He said that despite reservations voiced from several quarters that these illegal immigrants could be exploited by the ‘anti- national elements’ active in the valley and their settlement could lead to demographic change of Jammu region, the GoM had failed to submit its report to the State Government for any stringent action against the foreigners.
“The much hyped group of four Cabinet Ministers headed by Dy CM Nirmal Singh had only proved an eye wash to befool the people at large. It seemed that its constitution by the sinister alliance had a motive behind to quell the public uprising against the unlawful settlement of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in Duggar land”, Harsh said.
Harsh Dev warned the BJP leadership to take serious cognizance of the security threat posed by them in the wake of recent terror attacks in the state and urged the Union Home Ministry to pull the GoM for its criminal silence to tackle the problem.
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