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State pushed back 330 illegal foreigners: CM
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Guwahati: Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Monday informed a one-day special sitting of the legislative assembly that about 330 illegal foreigners have been pushed back from the state so far and govt is waiting for floods to recede to send back another 35 individuals.
"Of the 330 people we have pushed back, none of them have returned. It is impossible for them to return now," he added.
He said the process of evicting illegal foreigners from Assam will now be intensified and expedited.
"As Pakistani elements and fundamentalist elements from Bangladesh have entered Assam, we have to be proactive like never before to protect the state from these elements," Sarma added.
He said this is also the reason why state govt has decided to revive Immigration (Expulsion from Assam) act of 1950 and enforce it. "Under this law, a deputy commissioner can push back whoever he finds to be an illegal foreigner without referring them to the Foreigners' Tribunals," he added.
He reiterated that those having appeals in courts will not be touched.
Sarma said a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court recently ruled that the IEA Act is in force and the state govt can proceed under its provisions.
