CAA Carried out To Polarise Citizens Forward Of LS Polls, Say J&K Opposition Leaders

JAMMU, Mar 11: With the Centre notifying the principles of CAA on Monday, the demand of relocation of Rohingya refugees settled in Jammu has come to the fore with some political events and social organisations batting for success of their demand, whereas the opposition is asking it a transfer to polarise the citizens.
In response to authorities knowledge, over 13,700 foreigners, together with Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi nationals, are settled within the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, the place their inhabitants elevated by over 6,000 between 2008 and 2016.
“The choice of the federal government to implement CAA is only vote financial institution politics by the BJP. They’re making an attempt to get profit by polarising the citizens,” Nationwide Convention (NC) chief and former minister Ajay Sadhotra stated.
Nonetheless the BJP welcomed it by saying that it’s a reduction to the persecuted individuals.
“We welcome the choice of the federal government. It’s a good step to grant citizenship to persecuted individuals,” J-Ok BJP chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi stated.
He stated points like Rohingya refugees settled in Jammu and Kashmir ought to be addressed by eradicating them from Jammu as they’re a risk to safety of the UT.
They’re a burden on the sources of this nation they usually don’t have any cause to succeed in Jammu from 3,000 kilometers away from the border space they’ve come from, Sethi stated, including that there’s clearly some plan on this.
J-Ok Congress spokesman Kapil Singh hit out on the BJP authorities by saying that it’s purely a step in direction of polarisation.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP authorities are claiming big improvement within the nation however it’s clear that they wish to make the most of polarisation for electoral features. This can be a step in direction of that,” Singh stated.
The Shiv Sena Dogra Entrance (SSDF), whereas welcoming the choice of the federal government, referred to as for deportation of the Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis again to their international locations.
“We welcome the choice of the federal government. However we now have been batting strongly that Rohingyas and Bangladeshis settled in Jammu ought to be deported again to their international locations. There have been big agitations on this regard,” SSDF president Ashok Gupta stated.
Rakesh Kumar of Bajrang Dal additionally welcomed the transfer and referred to as for quick shifting of unlawful immigrants in Jammu.
The principles for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Modification) Act, 2019 (CAA) have been notified on Monday, paving the best way for granting of citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, officers stated.
With the CAA guidelines being issued, the Modi authorities will now begin granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who got here to India until December 31, 2014. These embrace Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians.
The CAA was handed in December 2019 and subsequently bought the president’s assent however there have been protests in a number of components of the nation towards it.
The legislation couldn’t come into impact as guidelines had not been notified until now.
Following large protests and agitation by many of the political and socio-religious events in Jammu, the administration and police carried out an enormous crackdown towards the unlawful immigrants in Jammu and Kashmir since 2021 to determine, isolate and put them in lodging centres.
Throughout a verification drive in March 2021, the police discovered over 270 Rohingya Muslims residing illegally in Jammu metropolis and subsequently lodged them in a holding centre contained in the Kathua sub-jail.
The arrests have been made out of Kishtwar, Ramban, Poonch and Rajouri districts, whereas 100 Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals have been booked, the officers stated.
Over 110 FIRs have been lodged towards these giving shelter to them and serving to them in getting Aadhaar and different playing cards, they stated.
Circumstances have been registered towards individuals accused of offering shelter to the overseas immigrants in Satwari, Trikuta Nagar, Bagh-e-Bahu, Channi Himmat, Nowabad, Domana and Nagrota police stations.
Throughout these searches, which have been performed within the presence of the magistrates, the police seized illegally-acquired Indian paperwork like PAN and Aadhaar playing cards and financial institution paperwork. (Companies)