Don’t use religion to identify illegal migrants: CPI(M)

Representational picture of Bangladesh immigrants
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The federal government ought to cope with those that have entered the nation illegally in accordance with the well-laid-out procedures, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau stated in a press release on Saturday (Might 31, 2025) in New Delhi. 

The occasion stated that within the aftermath of the terrorist assault in Pahalgam, the BJP-led State governments and the Central authorities are focusing on notably Bengali-speaking Muslims and have, with none verification, pushed them to Bangladesh.

In response to experiences, it stated, some real Indian residents, too, have been arrested and despatched to Bangladesh. In some instances, even these whose appeals have been nonetheless pending earlier than the Assam Excessive Courtroom and the Supreme Courtroom have been forcibly pushed again. “This shouldn’t be allowed,” CPI(M) stated. 

Calling the choice to “push again” the “suspected Bangladeshi residents” as “inhuman”, the CPI(M) urged the federal government to not use faith to establish unlawful migrants.

“Those that have entered the nation via unlawful means needs to be allowed entry to a good trial. Poor and undocumented migrants, who enter the nation with none mala fide intentions, needs to be handled with dignity and handled in accordance with the laid out procedures,” the Polit Bureau assertion stated.

The occasion additionally flagged the BJP-led Assam authorities’s just lately accredited coverage to present arms licences to “indigenous folks dwelling in susceptible and distant areas.” 

“This can be a harmful choice with far-reaching ramifications. It’s the obligation of the federal government to take care of legislation and order and in addition stop infiltration. Pushing them again and arming communally chosen sections of the individuals are not the options,” the CPI (M) Polit Bureau stated in its assertion.