India-Bangladesh border fencing will be completed soon: Rajnath Singh

He commended Bangladesh for helping India in controlling fake Indian currency racket and for extraditing criminals who escaped to that country. “We want to control infiltration from Bangladesh completely.

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Left to right : BJP West Bengal state president Dilip Ghosh, and Union Home minister Rajnath singh, during a party programme at Ashok Nagar , North 24 paraganas on January 21, 2016. Express photo by Partha Paul.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said a plan has been finalised to soon complete the fencing of India’s border with Bangladesh to control infiltration from across the border.

He commended Bangladesh for helping India in controlling fake Indian currency racket and for extraditing criminals who escaped to that country. “We want to control infiltration from Bangladesh completely. I want to assure you that to stop infiltration and secure the Indo-Bangladesh border, we have already finalised a plan of putting up fencing and flood lights,” he told a public meeting in Ashoknagar.

“You have seen how we have established good relations with Bangladesh through exchange of enclaves. I must say that whether it’s a case of fake currency or cow smuggling or extradition of criminals, Bangladesh is helping us in a lot of ways. It is the credit of India’s foreign policy,” he added.

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Singh said the minorities of Bangladesh, who were coming to India fearing persecution, would be given citizenship in future too. “For the last few years, the issue is that those Bangladeshi minorities, who are coming to India, are not being provided with social security here.

After taking over as Home Minister, I have taken the step of making valid the entry and stay of such minorities. In future also, we will give them citizenship,” he added.

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