ABVP asks Centre to stop illegal infiltration from Bangladesh

ABVP asks Centre to stop illegal infiltration

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Wednesday organised *a
massive anti-infiltration rally in Kishanganj.* According to its leaders,
the rally was organised to highlight the issue of illegal infiltration of
Bangladeshis into the country, especially Bihar.

*Over 50,000 ABVP cadre* and sympathisers drawn from all-over the country
had assembled in Kishanganj, where illegal infiltration has been taking
place on an alarming scale.

The rally was an effort to make people aware of the illegal Bangladeshi
infiltration in Kishanganj and Bihar," said the ABVP president Ram Naresh
Singh. Organising secretary of ABVP B Surendran and national secretary K
Raghunandan too addressed the rally and appealed the Central Government to
take immediate measures to stop illegal infiltration through Kishanganj.
According to the ABVP leaders, over three crore people had infiltrated into
India out of which 1.5 crore have settled in northeastern part of the
country alone. "Despite such a large number of illegal infiltrations the
Central Government is oblivious of the issue and has not been making any
sincere effort to check it which would be a great national security threat
in upcoming days," said ABVP leaders.

"When the entire country is facing terror threat from across the border, how
come the Central Government be oblivious of such huge problem," said ABVP
leader Sunil Ambekar.

Ambekar further said ABVP through its nationwide movement will aware the
people and awake the Central Government about the gravity of the situation
and continue its sustain efforts to deport all these illegal Bangaladeshi
infiltrations. prove

*The 30 km long stretch between Kishanganj and Islampur in the adjacent West
Bengal is known as "Chicken's Neck" area and is completely affected with the
Bangladeshi infiltrators mostly of whom are engaged in illegal activities,
claimed the ABVP leaders.* The ABVP leaders also raised slogans like *"save
Chicken's Neck"* and *"Bangladeshi Bhagao"* in the rally.

Earlier, on Tuesday the ABVP cadres and members had formed a human chain on
the main road of the district, Kishanganj-Dinajpur road highlighting the
issue.

Interestingly, the district officials denied that there was any illegal
infiltration in the district as no case has been registered regarding this
in any police stations of Kishanganj. "As far as knowledge goes there is no
Bangaldeshi infiltration in Kishanganj", said DIG, urnia S K Jha. The
Kishanganj SP MR Naik too said that district administration has no figure on
illegal Bangladeshi settlers in the district.