Centre should be blamed for illegal immigration from Bangla: WB minister
Firhad Hakim on Sunday said that the Centre should be held responsible for unabated illegal migration from Bangladesh. His assertion came in the wake of the BJP attacking the West Bengal government following the arrest of suspected Ansar-al-Islam Bangladesh members who were allegedly trying to spread the terror outfit's network in the eastern state.
He was asked about reports that two of the eight arrested terrorists were working to set up a sleeper cell in Murshidabad district and one of them, a Bangladeshi national, had even procured fake identity card and passport to carry on subversive activities.
«The onus lies with the Union Home Ministry which is helmed by Amit Shah. Why is he not taking steps to strengthen security along the Bangladesh border? Why is the Border Security Force not succeeding to stop infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals?
«We have been repeatedly asking the Centre to step up border surveillance but it seems Shah is more busy belittling B R Ambedkar and flaunting his anti-Dalit mindset than stopping infiltration by forces that are a threat to the security of the country,» Hakim told reporters on the sidelines of an event.
Hakim was alluding to certain comments made by Shah in Parliament early this week which triggered a massive row and countrywide protests by opposition parties, including Congress and TMC, against Shah and the BJP.
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