Guwahati, Aug 18 NNN On Saturday, the pro-talks faction of the militant National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement have vowed that no displaced Muslims will allowed to enter ‘Bodo areas’ again.They demanded that the Assam government updates the National Register of Citizens (NRC) first. Leader of the Bodo militant outfit Gobinda Basumatary said that the migrants will be barred from entering Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) if the government refuses to update NRC by taking 1951 as the cut-off year and detect foreigners.
It has been reported that nearly 3 lakh migrants had fled Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of western Assam ever since the clashes broke out in the middle of last month.
It can noted here that the Tarun Gogoi government decided that the state government will send a team consisting of all the parties representatibves to the affected areas especially in Kokrajhar district.
The Naga Students Federation (NSF) has endorsed the move of the apex Naga body.
However, NSF president Kelhouneizo Yhome when contacted by Newmai News Network tonight said that he actually chose to term them as “illegal immigrants” rather than otherwise. the Naga Hoho had said that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants should be flushed from the region by joining and uniting together by all the north eastern states.
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