BJP's state spokesperson Pratul Shahdev has strongly reacted to the statement of Congress MLA Shilpi Neha Tirkey in which the MLA has compared Bangladeshi Muslim intruders with people from Bihar. Pratul said that the MLA should understand that Muslim intruders from Bangladesh have illegally come from other countries and settled in Santhal and other areas of Jharkhand. On the other hand people from Bihar have settled here under the law of their country. By comparing these two, she has introduced petty politics.
Pratul said that Congress has a long history of appeasing Muslim votes and doing vote bank politics. The population of tribals in Santhal has decreased by 16 per cent and the population of Muslims has increased by 13 per cent. All Congressmen are silent on this. But as soon as questions are raised on Muslim infiltration, their irritation is visible.
Pratul said that the forces involved in appeasement for a long time have worked to get voter ID cards and government documents for these intruders. Pratul Shahdev wanted to know from Congress National President Rahul Gandhi and State President Rajesh Thakur whether they also consider the Muslim infiltrators from Bangladesh and the people who have settled in Bihar to be the same?
Pratul said that Congress has always done the politics of hatred and has been playing into the hands of divisive forces. Pratul said that BJP has been saying from the beginning that Bangladeshi infiltrators have the status of son-in-law in this government. Despite the reprimand of the High Court, the work of identifying them is not progressing. These Muslim infiltrators are directly encroaching on the rights of the tribals.
The Bharatiya Janata Party will continue to fight to save the soil, bread and daughter and will keep raising its voice against the infiltrators. After coming to power in the state, BJP will also show them the way out. But today Congress has shown its truth that in its eyes, Bihar and Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators are the same. Pratul demanded an immediate apology from Rahul Gandhi and Rajesh Thakur on this cheap statement of the Congress MLA.