Be careful while preparing population register: Chidambaram tells officials
TNN, Mar 5, 2010, 01.30am IST

NEW DELHI: With the gigantic Census exercise set to begin on April 1, the government on Thursday asked bordering districts (mainly along the Indo-Bangla border) to guard against people from across the border who may try to enroll their names in the National Population Register (NPR) — a first ever attempt to create a comprehensive identity database in the country.

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Chidambaram’s warning assumes significance in view of concerns expressed in certain quarters over large scale infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals into India. Though the government has deported a few thousand of them in the past six-seven years, the exercise posed difficulties as lakhs of Bangladeshi nationals have reportedly procured one proof or the other — ration card, driving licence, etc — to claim that they are Indians.

Chidambaram said there were 3,331 border towns and villages where the problem may arise. “Obviously, any inflated enumeration will take place only in land border. We are not talking about east or west coast. We are talking about the Indo-Myanmar border and Indo-Bangla border,” he said.

“…Indo-Nepal border is a porous border. There is some danger there too. We have to be cautious there too,” he said.

New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said Bangladeshis have “no business” to be in India without permission. There was “no reason” why a large number of visas were being issued to Bangladeshis every month, he noted.

Mr. Chidambaram voiced concern over the “ineffective” monitoring system to check whether a Bangladeshi coming to India returned after his visa expired visa or stayed on.

“I don’t regard a Bangladeshi as a Muslim or a non-Muslim. He is a Bangladeshi. He has no business to come to India unless he has a visa. He has no business to live here unless he has a residence permit. He has no business to work here unless he has a work permit. He is a Bangladeshi. His religion is completely irrelevant,” the Minister told NDTV.

Asked about steps to end illegal immigration, he said: “I am now looking into what is happening on our borders, passport control points. I think we issue a very large number of visas to Bangladeshis every month. There is no reason to issue so many visas. And there is very ineffective monitoring system [to check] whether the guy has gone back to Bangladesh or remained here.”

Mr. Chidambaram said porous borders and illegal immigration were causing “unexpected demographic changes and a lot of angst” among the native population of Assam and West Bengal.

After all our Hindu heart will always bleed for any kind of injustice and barbarity. Hindu heart will always try to uphold humanity in the midst of chaos. We always hope peace for everyone. Irony is that we were always been misunderstood by muslims. The basic difference is the Ideology. And that is the reason why it is taking time filling this gap. Hope the time has come they will also think about it.

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