Tripura: TMP stages protest rally demanding deportation of ‘infiltrators’

AGARTALA: Ruling BJP ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) on Monday organized a rally demanding the push-back of “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh and Myanmar.  Led by TMP senior leader and party’s legislator Ranjit Debbarma, several hundred party workers carrying the Tricolour took part in the rally, which went around the capital city.

Participants raised slogans demanding strict implementation of the orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) concerning the identification, detention, and deportation of illegal migrants.  Debbarma launched a sharp critique against the BJP-led government of Chief Minister Manik Saha, accusing it of prioritising "vote-bank politics" over national security.

The tribal leader noted that the BJP-ruled states like Assam and Gujarat had taken firm steps against illegal infiltrators. Debabrma and the participants in the rally congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for issuing orders to all states to push back the infiltrators into their countries.

TMP supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma said on Sunday that they would soon meet with the Union Home Minister in New Delhi to urge him to take drastic steps against infiltrators.  Debbarma, a former royal scion, said that illegal infiltrators would jeopardise the socio-economic and customary aspects of the state's indigenous people, especially the tribals.

"The Government should take stringent steps to prevent the illegal infiltrators from entering India. Those already illegally staying in Tripura and other states must be pushed back immediately," the TMP chief told IANS. He said that the situation in Bangladesh continues to remain volatile due to the internal violence that began there in June-July last year, especially after the fall of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024. (IANS)

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