Guwahati, Aug 30: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the state is carrying out daily pushback operations against Bangladeshi infiltrators under the provisions of the Immigrant Expulsion Act.
Speaking to reporters in Guwahati, Sarma said, “Pushback is happening on two fronts. One, the people who are residing within the state of Assam under the Immigrant Expulsion Act—now we are empowered to push back any foreigner who entered post-1971. By utilizing that power, we are pushing back people living inside Assam as well as those who are entering now.”
Sarma stressed that both fresh infiltrators and those settled illegally after 1971 are being targeted.
“The process is on and pushback will keep going. I have increased it,” he added.
CM Sarma reiterated that the state government’s efforts aim to safeguard Assam’s demographic integrity while ensuring strict enforcement of the law against illegal immigrants.
In the ongoing crackdown against illegal infiltrators from Bangladesh, a total of 33 new Bangladeshi infiltrators have been pushed back across border.
Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the deportation of 36 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators from Sribhumi and South Salmara districts on August 25, declaring that such immigrants “change our demography and infringe upon the rights of the indigenous.”
