Advani blames illegal immigrants for Assam crisis
July 31, 2012  13:23
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An update on Assam.
BJP leader L K Advani today blamed large scale immigration from Bangladesh for the clashes in lower Assam and said the government's "inaction" in dealing with the problem of infiltrators has resulted in indigenous communities feeling threatened.

"Today's situation has arisen firstly because of criminal delay in dealing with the situation when symptoms were already there. But introspection must lead to the identification of the root cause which is the issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh of which serious note has been taken even by the Supreme Court," Advani said in Guwahati today.

The BJP leader, who visited trouble-torn Kokrajhar district yesterday, said the recent events in Assam were a 'blot' on the entire country. "I visited Kokrajhar yesterday. I can say it is very distressing when such a large number of people are rendered homeless," he said.

Making a comparison with the situation in Jammu & Kashmir, Advani hoped that no other community is made a refugee in their own country like Kashmiri Pandits, who were victims of terrorism.
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