Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s secretariat has written to the Chief Secretary and Police Commissioner asking for initiating “strict action” against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the National Capital. According to Raj Niwas officials, the LG Secretariat has asked the Chief Secretary and the Police Commissioner to launch a special drive spanning over two months to identify illegal Bangladesh immigrants in Delhi and take strict action as per the extant rules in a time-bound manner.
The move comes in wake of the representation made by the delegation of Ulemas and Muslim leaders from Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin and Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday. They had expressed deep concern about the attacks being undertaken on the Hindu and other minority communities in Bangladesh and accordingly, demanded stringent action against Bangladeshi infiltrators residing in the National Capital.
“Prominent Ulemas and Muslim residents have requested that Illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators should neither be given houses on rent nor should they be given employment by any establishment. Further, they have requested that their children should not be given admission in any government or private school. The Muslim leaders have also demanded removal of illegal infiltrators from roads, footpaths, parks and other government lands, over which they have forcefully encroached and any documents like Aadhar Card, Voter ID, or any other government document acquired illegally by Bangladeshi infiltrators be cancelled immediately. They have also demanded that a special drive, like in the past, should be launched to identify the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Delhi and they should be sent back immediately,” the letter from the LG Secretariat read.
Meanwhile, Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) chairman Brijesh Goyal has urged business communities to reduce their business activities with Bangladesh. The CTI has warned that if the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh do not stop, then all the traders of Delhi and the country will end all trade with Bangladesh. “There is also resentment among the businessmen of Delhi against the Mohammad Yunus government of Bangladesh,” he said.
Security was stepped up outside the Bangladesh High Commission here on Tuesday, as hundreds of people from various organisations, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), held a protest march at Chanakyapuri against alleged atrocities and human rights violations against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh. Police had put barricades on the Teen Murti Marg on both the carriageway outside the Chanakyapuri police station where hundreds of people from various organisations gathered. Traffic was regulated in the area with vehicles redirected to alternative routes.
There have been allegations of over 200 attacks on Hindus in various districts of Bangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5.
