The BJP President Rajnath Singh said, the Congress has not taken any steps to prevent illegal migration from Bangladesh. Addressing a rally at Karimganj, the BJP president made it clear that his party will not tolerate illegal migration and action will be taken against them if his party comes to power.

He also said, the NDA government, if voted to power, will institute an inquiry to find out how so many people of a particular community could enter the country illegally and settle down in India.

People, who came from Bangladesh after 1971 and settled in Assam or elsewhere in the country, should be treated as illegal migrants, he said. Mr. Singh said, it is a known fact that there has been a huge influx of people of a particular community from Bangladesh during the last four decades and certain political parties have patronized them for vote-bank politics. In the case of Hindus being harassed in Bangladesh and forced to flee that country, we cannot treat them as refugees, but must be sympathetic to their cause,” he added.