Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the legal action would be initiated against those who are illegally residing in the State. In response to a question on the State Government’s decision to identify the illegal migrants living in Uttarakhand, Rawat said on Monday that the administration has been asked to report to the Government on the presence of such individuals residing in the State. “The State Government would definitely act if it receives any report of the presence of such individuals anywhere in the State. How can anyone be allowed to reside illegally in the stateij’’ he questioned.
Asked to comment on the charge made by the Congress leader and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat that the Uttarakhand Government is engaging in politics on the issue, CM retorted while invoking the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that it was the Centre with Gandhi at the helm that ordered the institution of National Register of Citizens (NRC). “ However, it was the BJP- led NDA government which actually implemented the NRC,” he said. launching a scathing attack on the Congress, CM asked the opposition leaders to make it clear where they are standing- on the side of the infiltrators or those who are against such infiltration.
Notably, The Pioneer had carried a report in its edition dated August 5 that the Uttarakhand Government had initiated a process to identify such people living in the state.
Following the Government’s decision to identify illegal residents in Uttarakhand, the security agencies have taken some settlements in Haridwar Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar districts on their radar as it is widely assumed that a large number of Bangladeshis are residing in these settlements. Many of these illegal settlers are supposed to have succeeded in procuring documents like Adhar cards and ration cards. The Government agencies are now planning to have these records checked in the places they claim they are from.