Deoghar. Assembly elections are to be held in Jharkhand on 13 and 20 November. This time in the elections, BJP has opened a strong front against Hemant Soren’s JMM government. BJP has accused the Hemant Soren government of allowing Bangladeshi infiltrators to settle in the areas of Santhal Pargana. BJP’s Jharkhand in-charge and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has even announced that if BJP forms the government in the state, then every Bangladeshi infiltrator will be expelled by conducting NRC. Now MP from Godda, Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey has also opened a front on this issue.
In Parliament, Nishikant Dubey has raised the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators in Jharkhand. Now Nishikant Dubey has said that for BJP this is not an election but a national issue. Nishikant Dubey said that the population of Muslims in Santhal Pargana has increased by 15 percent. They claim that 11 percent of them are Bangladeshi infiltrators. The BJP MP has alleged that Congress and JMM are not worrying about the tribals due to vote bank politics. He announced that BJP is not going to rest until the Bangladeshi infiltrators are sent back.
#WATCH Deoghar, Jharkhand: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says, “…In 1951, the population of Muslims was 9 per cent, today it is 24 per cent. Throughout the country, Muslims have increased by 4 per cent and in our Santhal Pargana, it has increased by 15 per cent, these 11 per cent… pic.twitter.com/MWmyXisjl6
— ANI (@ANI) October 28, 2024
Earlier on Sunday, BJP leader and former Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi had shared the letter issued by the state Intelligence Department Special Branch to all the Superintendents of Police in 2023 on social media. In this letter, the Intelligence Department had said that infiltrators from Bangladesh in Santhal Pargana are kept in madrassas and after that their government documents are made. The Intelligence Department had said that there is a need for continuous monitoring and investigation as well as verification of documents. See the letter from Jharkhand Intelligence Department, which Babulal Marandi shared on social media.
On June 2, 2023, the intelligence department of the state government had written a letter to the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of all the districts, admitting that Bangladeshi infiltrators are given shelter in many madrassas of Santhal Pargana. Their identity cards and other documents are prepared in these bases. Intelligence department… pic.twitter.com/ly6WZrrXWi
— Babulal Marandi (@yourBabulal) October 27, 2024
Overall, this time the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators is very hot in the tribal dominated Santhal Pargana of Jharkhand. At the same time, JMM and Congress are not yet responding to BJP’s allegations on this issue. Now, when the votes are counted on November 23, it will be known whether by raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators, BJP succeeds in winning the Jharkhand Assembly elections and ousting Hemant Soren’s JMM from power or not.
