Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, May 23 : Accusing the GoI of befooling the people for the past five years over the much awaited deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis from Jammu region, a strong contingent of Panther activists spearheaded by Mr. Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and other leaders staged a thunderous protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground today. While raising slogans against the BJP and the Governor’s administration, the infuriated activists sought repatriation of the illegally settled foreigners from Dogra land without any further delay.
Accusing the Congress, NC, PDP of openly supporting Rohingyan settlement in the State, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh further took a jibe at Kashmir based IAS officer turned politician who celebrated his birthday with the Rohingyas in Jammu city recently. “A new kid on the block who has floated JKPM went one notch above his Kashmiri compeers to placate the illegal immigrants in a bid to toe the separatist agenda in the city of temples. This is intolerable. Why is Saffron brigade silent over the issue? Why did Governor’s administration fail to take cognizance of the JKPM-Rohingya meet? Shockingly in the last 5 years, the Central leaders only issued stereotype statements for mere media consumption and nothing tangible happened. Meanwhile, the Rohingyan population soared and flourished under erstwhile BJP-PDP coalition which provided them all kinds of civic amenities to settle them in and around Jammu city under a deep rooted conspiracy to reduce Dogras to minority. What a shame that in the State like ours the perfidy of placating illegal immigrants, subversives, surrendered militants and anti nationals remained en-vogue but the martyrs continued to be disregarded with no acknowledgement to their supreme sacrifice. Has anybody bothered to pay visit to the family of martyr Imran Tak, a native of Basantgarh who despite being critically wounded eliminated militants in a deadliest ambush attack in Kashmir? Ironically, neither any ex-gratia nor gallantry award was announced for the slain Sub Inspector”, regretted Harsh.
Dubbing Rohingyas as the biggest threat to the communal harmony and composite culture of Jammu Pradesh, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh divulged that these illegal immigrants were described as ‘ticking time bombs’ by the intelligentsia. “They have been found active in fuelling narco smuggling, human trafficking, sacrilegious crimes, child abductions, border crossing and other crimes. The frequent incidents of recovery of huge illicit cash reportedly meant for ‘hawala transaction’ besides seizure of heroin worth hundreds of crores from the areas inhabited by Rohingyas had led to suspicion that they could be carrying out terror funding activities in the State. Not to forget, that their involvement was also suspected in the terror attack on the Sunjuwan Army camp last year .They along with their supporters even dared to brutally attack the journalists and the cameramen from national media when the latter visited the locality to cover the story of their illegal settlement earlier. Surprisingly, they were also enjoying the patronage of the radical terror outfits operational in the valley”, Harsh revealed. While describing their early repatriation as the need of the hour, he further asserted that since the natives of Myanmar and Bangladesh had already been identified in the State, they should be immediately deported from here.
He called upon the President of India to direct the State govt to immediately act in view of the alarm created in Jammu city and its adjacent peripheries. “BJP’s failure to evict these unlawful foreigners had encouraged secessionists in Kashmir to extend communal support to the Rohingyan settlement in Jammu region which anytime could foment trouble beyond control”, warned Harsh.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Partap, K.K Sharma, Khajoor Singh, Surinder Chouhan, Rampaul Sharma, Shankaar Singh Sanju, Rashpaul Singh, Man Singh, Rakesh Veram, Joginder Singh, Naresh Kumar besides others.
