Infiltration
Guwahati: Hitting back at BJP’s accusations that Assam’s Congress government has been protecting infiltrators, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday wondered why the NDA govt at the Centre did not issue showcause notice to him. Gogoi questioned the BJP govt, had not discussed the infiltration issue with him and showcause him for allowing trans-border illegal migration and giving protection to infiltrators. “When the matter is so serious, why bring it out only before elections? It was the responsibility of your Himanta Biswas Sarma who was Assam Accord Implementation Minister in my government to deport illegal migrants. If there are so many foreigners in Assam, why Himanta as minister gave protection to them?”. “I have not given shelter to any Bangladeshi. I don’t need their votes. It is my constitutional duty to give protection to Indian citizens. It is I who has gone for updation of the National Register of Citizens for identifying illegal migrants,” he pointed out. (PTI)