ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONS SHOULD BE BARRED
and totally at that; and
the already entered and settled illegal immigrants, especially in the eastern
part of our country, should be immediately disenfranchised and treated as
foreigners cum temporary refugees to be deported at the earliest. The present central government, in its own
interests, has taken or is taking some solid steps in that direction, but
unfortunately the misguided opposition and left parties including other
opportunist or fanatic parties and groups are raising a hue and cry on it,
forgetting or deliberately evading the facts that it was during and by the
previous regimes that the Assam Accord was struck and later developments occurred which intended to curb and streamline
such immigrations into the country. It sounds very impressive to talk about a ‘World
Without Borders’, and this editor too is a votary of that ideal, but that is
well-neigh an Utopian ideal for the present, for the achievement of which
gradual, meaningful and practical measures on many fronts, in many fields world-wide
are needed. We must remember that this land is traditionally called Hindustan and the majority of people
living here identify with a religion or way of life called, rightly or wrongly,
Hinduism, which is basically nature-worshipping, polytheistic (including atheist), and at the same time adheres to some
monotheistic ideals too – a very peculiar ancient way of life, assailed from
all quarters, but continuing since centuries. It is one big and strong bulwark
against intolerant creeds, or the fanatic and aggressive sections of those, of
the world so rampant nowadays, and any whittling down of its strength and
population in face of the campaigns/orgies of the ever-proselytizing religious
communities, will not do any good but only much harm not only to our country
but also to the world community at large. We must also notice that since
independence the proportions of population of Hindus in [West] Pakistan and Bangladesh [East Pakistan] have been deliberately and drastically reduced but
the proportion of Muslims, the major minority community, has increased rapidly
outpacing the rate of growth of the majority and other communities here; and in
Kashmir valley an ethnic cleansing has taken place driving out almost all the
Kashmiri Pandits with violence and atrocities. As such the large numbers of
illegal migrants, mainly from Bangladesh, not only in Assam but also in West
Bengal and perhaps in some other states too, also pose an existential threat to
our polity, especially if we notice the phenomenon of the much-dreaded and the
world-over-reviled fanatic terrorist ISIS having its strong presence in
Bangladesh and also in Kashmir valley to an extent. §§§
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