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Three lakh Bengali settlers face pushback from Assam
http://thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=28284
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At least three lakh Bangla speaking Indian nationals, who have been living in Assam for several decades, are in the threat of push back to Bangladesh from their country.
Question has been raised about the citizenship of 274,979people, who are already enlisted with the Indian national Identity Cards as well as voters list, according to a news agency report in Dhaka.
The news agency,Banglanews24.com, in its report on Friday said 36 special tribunals across the Indian State of Assam have been conducting the trial activities. 274,697 cases have so far been included in the tribunals as of January 5 this year. Though none of them were arrested, the arrest warrant might be issued after disposal of the cases.
Indian Election Commission identified them as 'D (doubtful)voters' and they were not allowed to cast their votes during the previous State Assembly (Bidhan sabha) elections.
As part of movement for ousting foreigners, the process to push back these people after identifying them as Bangladeshi has almost been finalized, Sadhan Purakayasta, general secretary of 'Citizen Rights Protection Committee (CRPC)' told the Banglanews24.com.
The CRPC has been formed to halt the move to push back Bangla speaking Indian citizens to Bangladesh from that state.
Bidhan said after dispensing of the cases, the people will be pushed back to Bangladesh through Mohishasan area of Sylhet border. Media in Assam have published such reports in the meantime, he added. Indian State Minister for Home Affairs Rama Chandan on December 14 last year said the Indian government was continuing discussion with Bangladesh government over pushing in what he said Bangladeshi people who entered India illegally.
Atin Das, founder editor of Jughsangha of Shilchar saidBangla speaking Indians are passing their days amid panic as the Assamese think them as unwanted and treat them as floating people.
A special tribunal was formed in Assam as ordered by court on July 16, 2005 to identify the non-Indians. Before that, identification of non-Indian was also started in 1985 under Foreigners' Act of 1964. Since then a total of 64,774 cases have been disposed of in the tribunal in last six years.
Till December 2010, 53,084 persons were identified as non-Indians and of them 2,412 have been pushed in Bangladesh through border,added the news agency.
http://thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=28284
Staff Reporter
At least three lakh Bangla speaking Indian nationals, who have been living in Assam for several decades, are in the threat of push back to Bangladesh from their country.
Question has been raised about the citizenship of 274,979people, who are already enlisted with the Indian national Identity Cards as well as voters list, according to a news agency report in Dhaka.
The news agency,Banglanews24.com, in its report on Friday said 36 special tribunals across the Indian State of Assam have been conducting the trial activities. 274,697 cases have so far been included in the tribunals as of January 5 this year. Though none of them were arrested, the arrest warrant might be issued after disposal of the cases.
Indian Election Commission identified them as 'D (doubtful)voters' and they were not allowed to cast their votes during the previous State Assembly (Bidhan sabha) elections.
As part of movement for ousting foreigners, the process to push back these people after identifying them as Bangladeshi has almost been finalized, Sadhan Purakayasta, general secretary of 'Citizen Rights Protection Committee (CRPC)' told the Banglanews24.com.
The CRPC has been formed to halt the move to push back Bangla speaking Indian citizens to Bangladesh from that state.
Bidhan said after dispensing of the cases, the people will be pushed back to Bangladesh through Mohishasan area of Sylhet border. Media in Assam have published such reports in the meantime, he added. Indian State Minister for Home Affairs Rama Chandan on December 14 last year said the Indian government was continuing discussion with Bangladesh government over pushing in what he said Bangladeshi people who entered India illegally.
Atin Das, founder editor of Jughsangha of Shilchar saidBangla speaking Indians are passing their days amid panic as the Assamese think them as unwanted and treat them as floating people.
A special tribunal was formed in Assam as ordered by court on July 16, 2005 to identify the non-Indians. Before that, identification of non-Indian was also started in 1985 under Foreigners' Act of 1964. Since then a total of 64,774 cases have been disposed of in the tribunal in last six years.
Till December 2010, 53,084 persons were identified as non-Indians and of them 2,412 have been pushed in Bangladesh through border,added the news agency.