SHILLONG: Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma has opposed the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act aimed at providing citizenship to Hindu Bangladeshi refugees in India
Speaking at the inauguration of Mawpat C&RD block here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the proposed amendment might bring around 16 million people from Bangladesh to India and such move would definitely affect demographic pattern of the North Eastern states including Meghalaya.
Commenting further on illegal immigration and influx, Sangma said that even countries like UK and US could not control the problem of illegal immigration and hence they were coming with a new rule and the rule would be similar to what Meghalaya Government had enacted like Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security act
Sangma while pointing out that the rules for the Act were in final stages, stressed on the need for every locality to have a system for filtering people coming from outside.
While laying importance on the need to implement the Meghalaya Land Transfer Regulation Act in letter and spirit, he urged upon the local people not to become agents for benami transaction.
