AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) President Murli Manohar Joshi has said that his party will launch a nationwide agitation demanding the early deportation of Bangladeshi infiltrators posing a threat to the integrity of the country, Addressing a news conference during his day-long visit to the city on Sept.27, Dr Joshi said that according to an estimate nearly 17 million infiltrators from. Bangladesh had sneaked into India over the last several years and had settled in Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and the northeastern, States. They must be d immediately, he demanded,
The BJP chief urged the issue of identity cards to the people living in border areas and the maintenance of a register of national citizenships.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 9, 1992
