Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday slammed the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre for allowing multiple visa entry into India for the Bangladeshi nationals and said that the Congress is opposed to this.
“We have opposed to the idea of giving multiple visa entry to Bangladeshi nationals. I am still opposing this. However, the NDA Government had not taken our consent over the matter,” Gogoi said on Saturday.Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during her recent visit to Bangladesh agreed to the ease tourist visa norms for Bangladeshi nationals under the age of 13 and above 65 years by allowing multiple entry visa for five years instead of one year.
Gogoi also took a dig at the NDA Government for not taking up the issue of infiltration from Bangladesh into Assam and North-East during the Union Minister’s visit. “The Bangladesh Government said that the Indian Government had not taken up the issue of infiltration,” he said.