After Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh, TIPRA Motha’s Pradyot says Amit Shah has assured no illegal influx will be allowed

Pradyot had written earlier that he had been receiving reports that the situation was quite grave in Bangladesh. “Reports coming to us from Bangladesh are that the situation is quite grave in the country. The Government of India should prepare and empower the indigenous people within India. We respect and admire Sheikh Hasina, but life after her will not be good for internal security,” he wrote.

Pradyot had also written that a “strong anti-India sentiment” was growing in Bangladesh and also referred to developments in the Maldives. “Tripura, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Assam will be on the frontline of anything that occurs there. GoI must have a plan B in case something happens now or in the future. The native people are the best defence,” he wrote.

Pradyot’s comments come in the context of concerns over a Bangladeshi influx, especially among the tribals, the main support base of his party, who became a minority after the massive influx of erstwhile East Pakistan refugees before the birth of Bangladesh in 1971.

Meanwhile, sources in the Border Security Force and Tripura police said that security would be tightened along the Bangladesh border. The state shares an 856-km-long partially unfenced border with the neighbouring country.

While there have been rumours about Hasina’s possible arrival in Indian territory through Tripura, security agencies have confirmed there is no report about such a plan.