Guwahati, Aug 19 : While illegal Bangladeshi influx threaten national security, Assam government has allegedly spent Rs 2.64 lakh for per foreigner's deportation in last 9 years, local media said on Thursday.
According to local media, the state government spent Rs 41.3 crore in last 9 years, while only 176 foreigners have been deported, where 14072 foreigners have been detected in this period.
"From 1985 till May 31, 2010, as many as 49891 foreigners were detected by the tribunals under the Foreigners Act. However, in this period, only 2326 foreigners have been expelled to Bangladesh," said reports.
The state government has set up three detention camps in Goalpara, Kokrajhar and Silchar to house the detected foreigners till deportation.
At present 57 foreigners are reportedly lodged in the Goalpara camp, 16 in Kokrajhar and one in the Silchar camp.
Meanwhile, signing of Assam Accord has passed 25 years, but many of its provisions are yet to be implemented.
India's principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged the central government has not able to deliver its commitments on Assam Accord, which Late Rajiv Gandhi -led Congress government signed in August 1985.
In the last two and a half decades, the state government has spent over Rs 500 crore on the exercise, the BJP said.
BJP’s MP Bijoya Chakrawarty told IBNS, “The illegal Bangladeshi influx is a threat to both the internal and external security of the nation. If the Congress led government (both central and state) does not wake up now, then after ten years Assam will be included under Bangladesh.”
She added, “The Congress government never shows its interest in solving major issues; they have been using illegal Bangladeshi people as their vote bank. Now illegal Bangladeshis are dominating over 13 districts in the state.”
Assam has 267.30 km international boundary with Bangladesh, but it is yet to be completely sealed. In Assam-Bangladesh border, there is 59 km stretch that has no barbed wire fencing.
Meanwhile, former Assam Chief Minister and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta accused the Government of India for maintaining 'double standards' on the issue of implementation of the Assam Accord.
Mahanta said any further delay by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in implementating the main clauses of the Accord would strengthen the hands of the divisive forces.
Mahanta said, “It is very unfortunate that, the central and state government are delaying the work of sealing the Indo-Bangladesh border, while the government could seal and arrange floodlighting and effective patrolling in the Indo-Pakistan border in just three years.”
On the other hand, almost Rs 52 crore has been spent in last 10 years in running the Foreigners tribunals in the state. There are 36 Foreigners tribunals in the state, where 32 are in functioning and 11 tribunals are run by the members. On July 2010, about 289749 cases were pending before the tribunals in the state.
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