Tipra Motha seeks PM Modi's intervention on illegal immigration in Tripura
A 15-member delegation of the TMP, met Governor N Indrasena Reddy on Saturday night and handed over a memorandum, seeking the PM’s intervention.
Tripura Minister Animesh Debbarma, along with others on behalf of Tipra Motha Party met with Governor of Tripura Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Saturday.
Agartala, June 15: BJP ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for sending back all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura.
A 15-member delegation of the TMP, led by senior TMP leader Animesh Debbarma, met Governor N Indrasena Reddy on Saturday night and handed over a memorandum, seeking the PM’s intervention.
Animesh Debbarma, the forest minister, said that following the directives of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), states like Gujarat, Assam and Meghalaya took swift action.
“Illegal migrants were detained, flown to various border areas and pushed back to their country of origin. This has not been done in Tripura as was expected,” he said.
Debbarma said the TMP urged the PM to send a task force to the state.
“We also urged for the setting up of a mechanism, involving the Assam Rifles, CRPF and the state police to detect, detain and push back the illegal migrants,” he said.
Expressing concern over “demographic change” in the state, Debbarma said, “As per government records, the state accepted 6,09,000 people who had migrated from Bangladesh for various reasons during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. An accord was signed with a cut-off date of March 24, 1971, for the identification of illegal migrants.”
A Mobile Task Force (MTF) was also raised under the Tripura Police with a separate budget for detection and deportation of all the illegal migrants, but the problem persists, he said.
-PTI