<p class="title">Hindu seers on Sunday made a strong pitch for making a national register of citizens (NRC) in all the states to identify illegal migrants from Bangladesh, and deport them to their country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At a conference organised under the aegis of the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti (ABSS), they also demanded for identification and deportation of Rohingya Muslims from the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India must hold fresh talks with Bangladesh and force the neighbouring country to accept all illegal Bangladeshi migrants identified in Assam and other states, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Force Bangladesh to accept those identified as illegal Bangladeshi migrants in India by holding talks with the neighbouring country,” they demanded, issuing a dhramadesh (commandment) at a conference here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also called upon people to “assist” the government in identifying illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya Muslims in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Like Assam, immediately start a nation-wide move to create a national register of citizens to identify those who have illegally migrated into India since 1947,” they sought in their 'dharmadesh.'</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seers also called for bringing a stringent law to deal with cases of illegal migration in the country “with an iron hand.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">“India still does not have an anti-illegal migration law. The Government of India should enact a stringent anti-illegal migration law with provisions for tough action against illegal migrants and those giving them shelter and jobs,” they demanded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This anti-illegal migration law should also have provisions to take “strictest actions” against government officials “who issue fake certificates to illegal migrants,” they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They also demanded that the government start hi-tech fencing of the country's international borders to stop illegal migration from the neighbouring countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They suggested the government make a national policy for giving refugee status and rehabilitation to “Hindus and other minorities,” who come to India after facing religious persecution in the neighbouring countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jagatguru Hansdevacharya, the patron of the ABSS, read out the 'dhramdesh' at the concluding ceremony of the meet.</p>
<p class="title">Hindu seers on Sunday made a strong pitch for making a national register of citizens (NRC) in all the states to identify illegal migrants from Bangladesh, and deport them to their country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At a conference organised under the aegis of the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti (ABSS), they also demanded for identification and deportation of Rohingya Muslims from the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India must hold fresh talks with Bangladesh and force the neighbouring country to accept all illegal Bangladeshi migrants identified in Assam and other states, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Force Bangladesh to accept those identified as illegal Bangladeshi migrants in India by holding talks with the neighbouring country,” they demanded, issuing a dhramadesh (commandment) at a conference here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also called upon people to “assist” the government in identifying illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya Muslims in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Like Assam, immediately start a nation-wide move to create a national register of citizens to identify those who have illegally migrated into India since 1947,” they sought in their 'dharmadesh.'</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seers also called for bringing a stringent law to deal with cases of illegal migration in the country “with an iron hand.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">“India still does not have an anti-illegal migration law. The Government of India should enact a stringent anti-illegal migration law with provisions for tough action against illegal migrants and those giving them shelter and jobs,” they demanded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This anti-illegal migration law should also have provisions to take “strictest actions” against government officials “who issue fake certificates to illegal migrants,” they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They also demanded that the government start hi-tech fencing of the country's international borders to stop illegal migration from the neighbouring countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They suggested the government make a national policy for giving refugee status and rehabilitation to “Hindus and other minorities,” who come to India after facing religious persecution in the neighbouring countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jagatguru Hansdevacharya, the patron of the ABSS, read out the 'dhramdesh' at the concluding ceremony of the meet.</p>
