NEW DELHI, A former additional director general
(ADG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday dropped a bombshell
alleging that bureaucrats and Forest Department officials in Assam sold large
tracts of forest land to illegal Bangladeshi migrants with fraudulent process.
“Most of the forest land in Guwahati and Kokrajhar was sold
to illegal Bangladeshis by Revenue and Forest Department officials with the
support of bureaucrats,” said PK Mishra, former ADG of the BSF.
He claimed that in the 2016 Assembly elections in Assam, the
Badaruddin Ajmal–led party might capture unexpected number of seats, “if
illegal migration to Assam continues in such a way”.
Mishra’s statement will no doubt create ripples in the
government as well as in the political circle.
It may be mentioned that Mishra was deployed in the extreme
areas along the India–Bangladesh border from 1971 till 1990. He had also
supervised the border fencing and floodlighting work in Assam, Mizoram,
Meghalaya and some char areas on the Brahmaputra. Recounting his experience,
Mishra said almost all the political parties have been playing vote bank
politics with the issue of illegal migration. “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
said Maoists are the biggest internal threat for the country, but he never
mentioned about illegal migrants, which is in fact a serious challenge to
country’s security and demographic situation,” he added.
The presence of about six crores illegal Bangladeshi
migrants are posing maximum threat to India’s security.
Referring to the recent carnage in Kokrajhar and Baksa
districts, Mishra said until and unless the issue of illegal migration is not
taken seriously, such incidents will certainly occur in the near future.
The former ADG of the BSF has also authored a book titled
‘Bangladeshi Migrants: A Threat to India’, which deals with the problem of
illegal migration.
Source: http://www.sentinelassam.com/mainnews/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=191667&dtP=2014-06-01&ppr=1#.U4w9vtyaW-c
