Modi on Assam Crisis in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was quoted in an interview published today as saying that “preventing illegal migrants was a commitment in the Indira-Mujib Accord of 1972 and Rajiv Gandhi-AASU (All Assam Students Union) of 1985.”
Modi made the remarks in an e-mail interview published in The Times of India newspaper, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The Indian PM’s remarks were in reply to a question: “In the bitter politics over Assam’s National Register of Citizens, BJP is accused of playing divisive politics. What is the recourse for the four million people declared non-citizens?”
Modi replied “Preventing illegal migrants was a commitment in the Indira-Mujib Accord of 1972 and Rajiv Gandhi-AASU Accord of 1985. Though Congress accepted it, vote-bank politics—that the party is adept at—prevented it from actually implementing the process. Congress lacked political will and courage. It is guilty of criminal negligence on this country.”
An estimated 4.07 million people were left out of the final draft NRC updated and published on July 30, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
BJP President Amit Shah, addressing a rally in Kolkata yesterday, raised his party’s pitch on the NRC issue by saying that the Modi government would go ahead with the process of identifying Indian citizens in Assam despite stiff opposition from the Trinamool Congress and the Congress parties.
The NRC in Assam was prepared for the first time in 1951 and is now being updated. Assam is the only state in India to have such a document.
The 1985 tripartite agreement was signed by the Assam government federal Indian government and AASU which had waged a six-year violent street agitation in Assam demanding identification and deportation of “foreigners”, an euphemism for undocumented migrants from Bangladesh, from the state.
This was the first time that Modi went public with his views on the NRC issue.
Meanwhile, in a separate interview to the news agency ANI, the Indian PM was quoted as rebutting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had warned that the NRC issue could lead to "civil war and bloodbath".
"Those who have lost faith in themselves, fear loss of popular support and lack faith in our institutions can use words like 'civil war', 'bloodbath' and 'desh ke tukde tukde'. Evidently, they are disconnected from the pulse of the nation," ANI quoted Modi as saying on Saturday.
"I want to assure the people that no citizen of India will have to leave the country (because of the NRC). As per the due process, all possible opportunities will be given to get their concerns addressed," Modi said.
Modi made the remarks in an e-mail interview published in The Times of India newspaper, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The Indian PM’s remarks were in reply to a question: “In the bitter politics over Assam’s National Register of Citizens, BJP is accused of playing divisive politics. What is the recourse for the four million people declared non-citizens?”
Modi replied “Preventing illegal migrants was a commitment in the Indira-Mujib Accord of 1972 and Rajiv Gandhi-AASU Accord of 1985. Though Congress accepted it, vote-bank politics—that the party is adept at—prevented it from actually implementing the process. Congress lacked political will and courage. It is guilty of criminal negligence on this country.”
An estimated 4.07 million people were left out of the final draft NRC updated and published on July 30, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The NRC in Assam was prepared for the first time in 1951 and is now being updated. Assam is the only state in India to have such a document.
The 1985 tripartite agreement was signed by the Assam government federal Indian government and AASU which had waged a six-year violent street agitation in Assam demanding identification and deportation of “foreigners”, an euphemism for undocumented migrants from Bangladesh, from the state.
This was the first time that Modi went public with his views on the NRC issue.
Meanwhile, in a separate interview to the news agency ANI, the Indian PM was quoted as rebutting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had warned that the NRC issue could lead to "civil war and bloodbath".
"Those who have lost faith in themselves, fear loss of popular support and lack faith in our institutions can use words like 'civil war', 'bloodbath' and 'desh ke tukde tukde'. Evidently, they are disconnected from the pulse of the nation," ANI quoted Modi as saying on Saturday.
"I want to assure the people that no citizen of India will have to leave the country (because of the NRC). As per the due process, all possible opportunities will be given to get their concerns addressed," Modi said.
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