New Delhi: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants issue with visiting Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, students and opposition leaders from Assam hailed the move, and urged the government to sign a repatriation treaty with Bangladesh.
"Right now we don't have any repatriation treaty with Bangladesh. Government of India should start the process in this direction. We want that people who entered India after March 25, 1971, are sent back to Bangladesh," All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya told ETV Bharat here.
Referring to the talks between the two leaders, Bhattacharya said it was "a right move".
In the late 70s, the AASU had spearheaded Assam agitation against illegal Bangladeshi. Echoing the same view, Assam Public Works (APW) President Abhijit Sharma, interacting with the ETV Bharat in the national capital said the government has taken the right decision by raising the issue with Bangladesh.
Leader of the opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, was of the view that Government should hand over all documents pertaining to illegal immigrants in India to Bangladesh government.
"Whether a Hindu or a Muslim, illegal immigrant, should be deported to Bangladesh," said Saikia.
On Wednesday, Shah raised the issue with his Bangladesh counterpart Khan at his North Block office.
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