NRC crucial for rights of Muslims in Jharkhand: Raghubar Das

Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das said that NRC is crucial for the rights of the Muslim population in the state as well as in the entire country. He said that the state government has proposed an NRC for Jharkhand to identify Bangladeshi infiltrators.

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said that the citizens' list in Jharkhand will be updated soon, on the lines of Assam NRC exercise, to identify all Bangladeshis living in the state illegally and deport them 'one by one'.

"It is important to drive out Bangladeshi infiltrators because of whom the Muslim population of India and the state is unable to get its rights," he said in a press conference in Ranchi.

Das said his government has already sent a letter to the Union home ministry that many "Bangladeshi infiltrators" are living in Jharkhand and they should be deported after updating the National Register of Citizens in the state.

"If Centre accepts our request, we can look for every Bangladeshi and send them out of the country one by one," he said.

Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that all illegal immigrants living across India will be driven out of the country soon.

According to sources, four districts of the state have been marked as home to Bangladeshi infiltrators.

Groups Popular Front of India (PFI) and Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have also been found to be active in the state.

Jharkhand government had banned PFI in the state in February this year.

These groups consisting of Bangladeshis are running a business of fake currency in various districts of Jharkhand including Pakud, Sahibgunj, and Jamtara.

The Anti-terrorist squad of the state has been keeping a keen eye on these groups, while a special branch of the state police has already submitted a report to the centre in this matter.

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