’40 lakh intruders in Assam will be thrown out,’ says Amit Shah

November 30: After terming the 40 lakh people left out from final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as ‘termites’ last month, BJP President Amit Saha gave birth to a wide controversy.Though much criticism was made of the BJP chief, but that could hardly deter him. During an election rally at Nagaur in Rajasthan on Friday, Amit Shah targeted Rahul Gandhi and his party for allegedly showing concern for “illegal immigrants in Assam” and promised that after voters pick the BJP in next year’s national election, the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi will ensure that “each and every infiltrator is identified and thrown out of the country”.

BJP chief further said, “NRC ghuspethiyon ko chinhit karne ka vyavastha hai (The NRC is a process to identify infiltrators. In Assam, 40 lakh intruders were identified by our government). Rahul baba and his company made hue and cry in the parliament. Why are you throwing them out, what will they eat, where will they go, what about their human rights, they asked. But when these infiltrators enter our country and throw bombs killing our countrymen, what about the human rights of their families?”

Ahead of the assembly elections in Rajasthan on December 7, Mr. Shah said, “Kashmir se Kanyakumari, Kolkata se Kutch, ek ek ghuspethiye ko chun chun kar desh se bahar nikal denge (From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Kolkata to Gujarat, we will identify each and every illegal immigrant and throw them out).”  Mr Shah had earlier accused the Congress of introducing the idea of the National Citizens’ Register, beginning work in 2005 and then lacking the “courage” to see the project through.

The final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on 30 July, with names of 40, 07,707 persons excluded from the list. There were 3.29 crore applicants. It has included over 28 million individuals, thus giving them a pride of place as citizens, while excluding four million residents of the state. This final draft of the NRC in Assam emerged, provoking both passionate support and outrage.