‘Bangladeshis’ and ‘ghuspaithiyas’: BJP MP stops five sanitation workers on road in UP, quizzes them on video

In the video, uploaded on his Facebook account, the MP points towards the five workers, standing in a line with their brooms in hand, and questions them about their identities.

On being told that they hail from different villages in Assam, he says, “Yeh batate Assam ke hain lekin hain yeh sab Bangladeshi… Woh Bangladesh ko aaj Pakistan ki bhasha bolta hai (They say they are from Assam, but they are Bangladeshi, they speak the language of Pakistan).”

Alleging that settling them amidst the people is like giving an opportunity to the ISI to intrude and spread terrorism, he added, “Yeh sab Ghazwa-e-Hind ka sapna leke aaye hain (They have come with the dream of Ghazwa-e-Hind).”

When some of the workers tried to explain to him that they are registered under the National Register for Citizens, the BJP MP is heard asking them to “be quiet (chup rahiye)”.

He then appeals to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to immediately deport them as they are a “threat to the nation”. “… I would request the UP CM to remove their huts from every district, especially Lucknow, and deport them to Bangladesh,” he says.

Justifying the video, shot during his morning walk on Thursday, he told The Indian Express, “I felt the need to point it out because such a serious flaw was going unnoticed. These people live in jhuggi-jhopris in cities such as Lucknow, Noida etc. They call themselves Assamese and no one cross-checks their identities. These people have penetrated our houses… they survey and assist in all kinds of crimes….”

Claiming that such people got the opportunity to live with fake identities because former PM Indira Gandhi did not listen to security advice in 1983, he further alleged, “From my personal experience as police chief and ATS founder in UP, allowing them to settle here is a dangerous development as they come with the intention of Ghazwa-e-Hind. They should be identified and the government should ensure their immediate repatriation to Bangladesh.”

When pointed out that the workers said they have Aadhaar cards, Lal claimed, “I have been sent five times by J P Nadda ji to West Bengal to look into cases of atrocities and, trust me, it is easy to get Aadhaar cards made. There are 56 Islamic countries in the world, but they want to settle here with the intention of Ghazwa-e-Hind.”