60 Lakh illegal Bangladeshis in Assam Voters List?

Nagaon, Sep 4 : While illegal Bangladeshi influx is threatening national security, over 60 lakh infiltrators have been already included in the voters list of Assam, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

During a press conference here, BJP’s state president Ranjit Dutta said, “Large scale illegal migration from Bangladesh over several decades has been altering the demographic complexion of this State. It poses a grave threat both to the identity of the Assamese people and to our national security. Successive Governments at the Centre and in the State have not adequately met this challenge.”

“Over 60 lakh illegal Bangladeshi people have been already included in the state voters list,” Dutta added.

The state BJP president alleged, “The recently published draft voters list for 2010 by Assam State Election Commission showed more than 84 thousand voters have declined in comparison to the previous list; but most of the declined voters are local Assamese people.”

The final voter list will be published on September 15, officials said.

According to the State Election Commission report, 1,74,68,958 people are included as legitimate voters in the state as per the 2009 voters list .

But the draft voters list showed 1,73,82,724 people as legitimate voters in the state.

BJP MP Rajen Gohain said, “Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is a surrendered Chief Minister. He has surrendered before illegal Bangladeshis. In the last 9 years, over a lakh of illegal Bangladeshi people entered the state. But the state government did not take any action against the Bangladeshi influx. The Congress-led state government have always been standing by those people and protecting them.”

“Now most districts in the state are dominated by illegal Bangladeshis. Pakistan's ISI and several Muslim rebel groups of Bangladesh are planning to make Assam a separate Muslim country,” Gohain added.

Meanwhile, BJP is trying to strengthen its base in Assam ahead of the next State Assembly elections.

The state BJP has decided to field its candidates in 80 constituencies in the coming State Assembly elections.

The Assam BJP is also looking to play its “trump card Varun Gandhi”, besides giving importance to youth leaders in the next State Assembly polls.

BJP will hold a massive public meeting in Nagaon on September 29, where BJP’s central president Nitin Gadkari and Varun Gandhi will address the poeple.