NEW DELHI, Aug 28 - The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the BJP today called for detection and deportation of all illegal Bangladeshi migrants irrespective of their religion.
The demand, contained in a memorandum submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, when an AGP delegation called on them here this afternoon, is significant given the stand of the BJP, which has assured citizenship to the migrant Bengali Hindus. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 proposing citizenship rights to Hindu Bengalis with a cut-off date of December 31, 2014 is pending with the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
The AGP delegation led by its president and State minister Atul Bora included former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, State minister Keshab Mahanta, former Rajya Sabha MP Biren Baishya, Phani Bhusan Choudhury, Ramen Kalita, Dr Kamala Kalita, Brindaban Goswami and Nurul Hussain among others.
