(29.42) Assam should be protected from Bangladeshi infiltrators: Anup Chetia
Anup Chetia, leader of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader, said to oust Bangladeshi nationals entering 1971 after the Assam state of India. Anup Chetia, who was handed over to India after being imprisoned for a long time in Bangladesh, said in the first light on Wednesday that the Bangladeshi nationals who came to Bangladesh after 1971 in accord with the Assam Accord must be deported.
ULFA has expressed its strong position in the controversy over the National Citizenship Registration (NRC) and the Indian Nationality (Amendment) bill in India. The bill states that till 2014, minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan will be given citizenship of India. The majority of these countries have been excluded from the question of citizenship. Not just ULFA, In Assam, almost all parties except BJP are against this bill. Recently, when the Joint Parliamentary Party came to Assam, they also told that attitude that the party gave the impression.
ULFA leaders returned to Guwahati after concluding a scheduled peace talks with the government in New Delhi on Monday. They were facing journalists in Guwahati on Tuesday. This morning Alfaa general secretary Anup Chetia talked with the first light on mobile phone.
Anup Chetia's claim, Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 will be canceled. Otherwise they will come out of peace talks. They also came to know about the peace talks in Delhi. Chairman of the organization, Arvind Rajkhowa, led by Ulfa representatives in Delhi's peace talks. And was present for the central government, AB Mathur.
ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia said the talks with the government have been progressing positively so long. But if the Citizenship Amendment Act is not abolished then the talks continue with ULFA.
Then he clarified his position on Bangladeshis' question. His clear words, in accordance with the Assam Agreement, the Bangladeshi who came to Assam after 1971, they have to be deported. Asked about his reasons, he said, "As long as there is an illegal infiltration for some time, Assam's landlords have no place to live now. Destruction of the state's forests is constantly changing. The next generation will have to protect the state from Bangladeshi infiltrators.
ULFA was formed in 1979 for the independence of India's northeastern state of Assam. The organization then carried out armed activities for more than two decades. Anup Chetia ULFA founder general secretary His real name is Golap Barua, and the organizational name Anup Chetia.
Bangladesh Police arrested Anup Chetia from a house in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area on December 21, 1997. Then there are three cases against him for illegally staying in Bangladesh and keeping illegal foreign currency and a satellite phone. The court gave him three years, four and seven year rigorous imprisonment in three cases respectively. His sentence expired in 2004, seven years after his conviction was completed in 2004. But since then he was detained in Kashimpur Jail. On 10 November 2015, Bangladesh handed Anup Chetia to India. He was handed over to his two associates Lakshmi Prasad Goswami and Babul Sharma as well.