Paswan favours citizenship for Bangladeshis

PUSHKAR (RAJASTHAN): With an eye on elections, Lok Janshakti Party, a ruling UPA constituent, on Sunday favoured giving citizenship to Bangladeshis staying in the country and advocated reservation for the economically weak and minorities in government and private sectors.

"Those Bangladeshis who are already staying in India should be provided citizenship. Further infiltration should be checked. There should be strict vigil on the border," a resolution passed by the party headed by Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said here.

The party supported reservation for the "socially and economically" backward groups. "The party feels that in view of their social and economic conditions, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people should get reservation in private sector. Every community or group should have equal representation in all sectors," the resolution said.

The party is also in favour of giving 10 per cent reservation in central government jobs for the economically weaker sections among the upper castes. Besides, employment should be a fundamental right of every citizen in the country, the party resolution said.

Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims should be considered as Dalits and provided quota benefits to help them join the main stream, it said.

The party also criticised the ban on SIMI and demanded setting up of an independent inquiry commission with social scientists and human rights activists as its member to study the role of various organisations in spreading terror and communal tension.


Source : Times of India

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Illegal Bangladeshis threat to security: Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI: Days after a judge of Guwahati High Court (HC) hit out against influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants into Assam, it is Delhi High Court which has expressed alarm and said this trend has "serious implications for internal security."

"The influx of Bangladeshis who have illegally migrated poses a threat to integrity and security of India," Justice S L Bhayana observed on Tuesday while upholding an order of Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to deport four members of a Bangladeshi family living in the capital since 1990.

The court further noted, "The large scale influx of illegal migrants has led to large tracts of sensitive borders. This has serious implication for internal security." It added that "on account of variety of reasons, including religious and economic, it is difficult to make a realistic estimate of the number of illegal migrants."

While dismissing a petition filed by a Bangladeshi woman Razia Begum seeking a stay on the deportation order passed by FRRO in April this year against five members of her family, Delhi HC concluded that the ration card and nationality certificates obtained by them were forged and fabricated. "A foreign national cannot automatically be deemed to be an Indian citizen without complying with law," the judge held, rejecting the woman’s claim that they have been staying in Mehrauli area since 1980. HC made it clear those Bangladeshis nationals who have illegally migrated to India or trespassed, have no legal right of any kind to remain in the country and are liable to be deported.

On December 27 last year, the staff of FRRO had apprehended 16 Bangladeshis from police station Khanpur area as they were allegedly staying in the country without valid documents. The FRRO passed an order on April 23 this year for deportation of the illegal migrants.

"The order of deportation is not a punishment but a method of ensuring the return to his own country of an alien who has not complied with conditions," HC explained, saying in order to establish India’s citizenship the petitioners should have produced date of birth/place/name of parents/place of birth and citizenship, none of which was done in this case.


Source : Times Of India

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