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Give Bangladeshis separate I-D cards or else: BJP


Santwana Bhattacharya


NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 16 THE Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a stir demanding separate coloured identity cards for the Bangladeshi migrants residing in Delhi. The Delhi unit chief, Mange Ram Garg, reportedly met Home Minister LK Advani to ask him to take immediate steps in this direction.

"Home Minister Advaniji is also convinced that special coloured ID cards should be issued to Bangladeshis residing in Delhi. ' Where has to he some account of the number of people coming in from the neighbouring countries. They pressurize Delhi's land, water and civic amenities," Garg said.

"Advaniji assured us that a decision on this would be taken very soon," said Garg. "Every other ountry has a system of work-permits for foreigners. Only we have no rules. This is costing the city and its legitimate citizens a lot." The BJP has been blaming the burgeoning Bangladeshi population in the Capital for all its ills including the water and electricity crisis of last summer, one of the reasons that led to the fall ofthe BJP in the last elections.

"We have been asking for multi-purpose ID-cards for all citizens so as to keep a tab on the population. We have nothing against Bangladeshis working here, but there has to be a procedure for identification so that they do not become permanent citizens and we have a count on them," a senior pasty leader said.

According to Garg, the colour ID card, as proposed by the Home Ministry, would be a kind of work permit for the people coming in from Bangladesh "The Bangladeshi migrants are a constant strain on Delhi's resources. We urgently need to take steps to control the unrestricted inflow. No other country or state is as lenient as ours on this count," he said.

(TheIndian Express, February 17,1999)

 

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