Amid the ongoing drive to identify Bangladeshis and Rohingya residing and working illegally in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday urged people to remain alert and ensure proper verification of individuals before hiring him/her for a job at home or commercial establishments.
This comes days after the government sought details of Bangladeshis and Rohingya working as sanitation workers, domestic help, helpers at various shops, etc, as part of its extensive verification drive to clamp down on illegal immigrants and “infiltrators”.
Making the appeal on X this morning, Adityanath wrote in Hindi, “The security, social harmony, and robust law and order of Uttar Pradesh are our top priorities. Strict and decisive action has been initiated against Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators who are residing illegally in the state.”
“I appeal to the… citizens of the state to remain alert and to verify the identity of any person before employing them for domestic or commercial work,” he added.
He further stated that the security of the state is our “collective responsibility”.
The CM also shared a letter on X written by him and addressed to the people.
In the letter, the CM begins with a reference to a recent Supreme Court observation, which had said a red carpet cannot be rolled out for infiltrators while hearing a matter. “This makes it clear that infiltrators are not acceptable at any cost. The resources are meant for citizens, not infiltrators,” he said.
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He also wrote, “… All local bodies have been directed to identify and prepare a list of suspicious foreign nationals. Unauthorised burden on public resources needs to be cleared. Benefits meant for the deprived through schemes cannot be allowed to be divided.”
He added, “A special drive of verification of documents to identify infiltrators and sending them to the detention centres for further action is going on.”
The Chief Minister had earlier instructed the 17 municipal corporations to prepare a list of Bangladeshis and Rohingya hired for jobs like sanitation work and share it with the Divisional Commissioners and IGs of the division and range concerned.
These officials were directed to set up detention centres in each division where illegal immigrants would be kept until formalities are completed for deportation to their countries.
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Last week, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which alleged that some Rohingya people were deported illegally, the Supreme Court had questioned how intruders who cross into India illegally can demand that due legal process should apply to expel them.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had asked, “If you don’t have the legal status to stay as a refugee in India, and you are an intruder, you know very well that we have a very, very sensitive border on the North India side… If an intruder comes, do we give them a red carpet welcome, saying we would like to provide them with all facilities?”
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