• Lauds ENPO resolve on illegal immigrant issue • Laments lukewarm response of Govt on ILP Act
• Urges citizens, civil societies to fight menace
DIMAPUR, JUNE 15 (MExN): Survival Nagaland has lauded the initiative undertaken by the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) on the issue of “illegal Bangladesh immigrants.”
It termed the resolution adopted by ENPO requesting all the Deputy Commissioner under the four districts to cease issuing all kinds of entry permits except to genuine Indian citizens a positive approach as a stakeholder and guardians of its people and its land.
The ENPO said the decision was arrived at considering the recent declaration of the Government of India to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Noting that over the years, countless of illegal immigrants have silently sneaked into Nagaland and are living illegally either as migrant labour, businessperson, agricultural workers etc, the SN in a press statement lamented that this has inflicted ‘deep wound’ to the indigenous people and has also drastically affected the topography of the indigenous people.
“The silent migration process of the illegal immigrant has strangulated almost all the essence of life in every possible sphere and thus has left the indigenous people gasping for survival,” the SN went on to explain.
Apart from Dimapur District, the rest of the districts of Nagaland fall under ILP Act zone, however, the SN said the lukewarm response of the State Government over the empowerment of ILP Act was discouraging and this is gradually diminishing the identity of its citizens.
Therefore, the SN has appealed to all NGOs, civil societies of every district to become an active pressure agent in demanding strict implementation of any legal Act under the constitution so that the State Government wakes up from its “pretentious slumber.”
To prevent further damage to our socio, politico, economy, etc, the SN also appealed to all the apex civil society groups to appraise the GBs and Town/Village Council Chairman in its respective domain not to issue legal document such as permanent resident certificate (PRC), No Objection Certificate (NOC) etc to any people of suspected origin.
It pointed out that this has proved to be the most important document for obtaining driving license, EPIC Card, PAN Card, Bank Passbook, Aadhar Card, Government civilian identity card, non -naga indigenous Inhabitant certificate, beneficiaries of BPL Card or any other subsidies from Government scheme/policy.
The SN also demanded that all illegal immigrants must be detected and deported at the earliest, while asserting, “if we don’t act now, there won’t be any act left for us tomorrow.”
