1.40 lakh aliens deported since 1971
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By A Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 27 – More than 1.90 lakh foreign nationals, who came to Assam
after March 25, 1971 have been detected and 1.40 lakh of them have been
deported. This was disclosed by the Minister in charge of Assam Accord
Implementation, Dr Bhumidhar Barman in reply to a question by Drupad Borgohain
(CPI)in the State Assembly today.
The Minister also admitted that the number of foreigners staying in the State
could not be ascertained. He said that the State Government sent its views on
providing constitutional, legal and administrative protection to the Assamese
people twice to the Government of India- in October, 1986 and in December, 1988
but the Assam Accord Implementation Department is not aware of the decision
taken by the Government of India.
The Minister said that following a tripartite meeting on November 18, 2005, the
Government of India again requested the State Government to give its view on
the 22 proposals submitted by the All Assam StudentsÂ’ Union (AASU) for
constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards. Some of the
proposals submitted by the AASU were same as the proposals sent by the State
Government earlier, he added.
The Minister informed the House that the State Government has constituted a
committee of Ministers to examine the issues relating to implementation of
clause 6 of the Assam Accord including the definition of Assamese people. The
views of the State Government would be sent to the Centre immediately after
receiving the report of the committee, he said.
In reply to a separate question by Keshab Mahanta (AGP), Dr Barman said that
the Government has taken all possible steps under the provisions of clause 11
of Assam Accord to prevent foreign nationals from acquiring land in the State.
He said that the nationality of everyone seeking to buy land is verified
through the circle officers. He also informed the House that 471 bigha of land
was seized from 461 foreign nationals up to March 31 last year.
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