07-27-2005, 11:48 AM
<b>Illegal immigration biggest threat to India: Advani</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Initiating a discussion on an adjournment motion on the issue of infiltration from Bangladesh in eastern parts of the country, leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani said the <b>votebank politics had become âbiggest disaster for the countryâ. </b>
This is the first adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha since the Congress-led UPA came to power 14 months back. Noting that the âcontinued aggressionâ from Bangladesh had been on for several years since independence, Advani hailed as âhistoricâ the Supreme Court judgment striking down the controversial Act which had been in force since 1983. He said it was a victory for people of Assam.
He said the <b>late Indrajit Gupta, who was the Home Minister in the United Front government in 1996-98, had told Parliament that there were one crore people from Bangladesh residing illegally in India.</b> He said the magnitude of the problem could have grown much more in the last eight years.
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This is the first adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha since the Congress-led UPA came to power 14 months back. Noting that the âcontinued aggressionâ from Bangladesh had been on for several years since independence, Advani hailed as âhistoricâ the Supreme Court judgment striking down the controversial Act which had been in force since 1983. He said it was a victory for people of Assam.
He said the <b>late Indrajit Gupta, who was the Home Minister in the United Front government in 1996-98, had told Parliament that there were one crore people from Bangladesh residing illegally in India.</b> He said the magnitude of the problem could have grown much more in the last eight years.
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