JKNPP demands early deportation of Rohingyas, Bangladeshis

The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today staged a demonstration here as part of its campaign to press for early deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals.

Led by party chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh, a group of JKNPP activists staged the demonstration at Exhibition ground, raising slogans against the government and in support of their demand.

Accusing the state government of not being sincere in deportation of the illegally settled foreigners from Jammu, Singh claimed that they are the "biggest threat" to the communal harmony and composite culture of the region.

The criminal apathy of the PDP-BJP government over the issue has resulted in massive public outrage...The present dispensation had not responded to the alarming situation which could vitiate peace in the city of temples, the JKNPP leader told reporters.

He said it seems that the government is not bothered to contemplate any move to deport the foreign immigrants despite public revulsion which has reached its peak.

"The BJP is keeping Kashmir-centric leaders and the separatists in good humour by shelving the most dangerous issue which has been haunting Jammu region for a long time now, he said.

The JKNPP leader claimed that the number of illegal foreign immigrants posing a demographic threat to Jammu region had "soared under the BJP rule" with thousands of Rohingyas camping in Jammu and Samba districts.

They had illegally raised fabricated slums at several congested colonies in Jammu city and managed to procure Permanent Resident Certificates, Aadhaar cards, ration cards, free water and electricity connections, he said.

Singh targeted these immigrants and accused them of involving in fuelling narco smuggling, human trafficking, child abductions, sacrilegious acts and border crossing.

Besides they were also enjoying the patronage of the radical terror outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, he alleged.