Plea filed in SC to deport unlawful Rohingya, Bangladeshi infiltrators from West Bengal
2 min read A PIL was filed within the Supreme Court on Saturday in search of path to the Centre and state governments to detect, detain and deport unlawful Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators from West Bengal inside a yr.
The plea filed by West Bengal resident and social activist Sangita Chakraborty additionally seeks path to the Centre and states to determine and invoke the National Security Act towards authorities staff, police personnel and safety forces, who’ve hyperlinks with “infiltration mafias” and confiscate their disproportionate belongings.
The PIL, filed via advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, acknowledged, “The injury caused to people is extremely large because two crore Rohingya-Bangladeshi infiltrators have not only changed the demography of Bengal, but are the biggest threat to the rule of law and internal security, particularly after the assembly elections in the state.”
“The need for expeditious identification of infiltrators is more pressing now than ever. It is not a matter of dealing with a religious group, but the matter of identifying those who illegally crossed the border and continue to live in Bengal, contrary to law and the Constitution,” the plea mentioned.
The petition acknowledged that the inflow of infiltrators, which has reached 5 crore, poses severe menace to the unity, integrity and safety of the nation.
Referring to Article 19 of the Constitution, the plea mentioned the correct to reside and settle in any a part of India’ in addition to the correct to maneuver freely all through the territory of India’ can be found solely to the residents of India as evident from Article 19(1) of the Constitution.
However, this proper of Indian residents is being violated on account of Rohingya Bangladeshi infiltrators. Right to life contains proper to meals, proper to shelter, proper to good setting and proper to livelihood.
“The State, in exercise of its executive functions, should take administrative policy decisions keeping the aforesaid directives in mind so as to ensure that first and the foremost, obligations towards its citizens are discharged within available national resources and while ensuring their safety and security. But, the Centre and State are not performing their obligation,” the plea mentioned.
The PIL has sought a declaration that sentence for making cast and fabricated PAN, Aadhaar, passport, ration card, voter card, driving license and such different paperwork, shall run Consecutive not Concurrent.
It additionally seeks path to the Centre so as to add a chapter within the Indian Penal Code to make unlawful infiltration, a cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable offence.
