Centre to track down illegal #Bangladeshis;news paper report

As per the news report published in Deccan Chronicle news paper dated 29th May Narendra Modi government is set to launch its first major initiative to fulfil its election promise of sending back illegal Bangladeshi migrants. The issue was repeatedly flagged by Mr Modi during his election rallies in West Bengal and other states.

For the first time in 50 years, a mammoth exercise will be undertaken to identify all illegal Bangladeshi migrants settled in Assam after 1971. The National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951, in Assam will be the benchmark and will be updated with the 1971 electoral rolls.

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According to census data, between 1951 and 2011, the percentage of Hindus in Bangladesh has gone down from 29% to about 9%. Bangladesh is a Muslim majority country and persecuted Hindus have left Bangladesh before and after 1971.The percentage of Hindus in the Hindu-majority Indian state of West Bengal has also gone down – from 80% to 70%. In Assam it has gone down from 84% to less than 60%. Three districts in West Bengal, eight districts in Assam, and three in Bihar – Katihar, Araria and Kishangunj – have become or are about to become Muslim majority districts. All this is mainly due to infiltration of Muslim population from Bangladesh. In this context tracking down of illegal Bangladeshis remains a big challenge (if not the biggest) for the Modi Government.