ENSF demands setting up inter-district check gate to monitor illegal immigrants

Warns of coercive measures if state government fails to protect its land and people

Dimapur, Aug 17 (EMN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation on Friday raised serious concern over the issue of the final draft publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and raised alarm over the absence of inter-district check post in eastern Nagaland and said that the matter calls for immediate action to prevent the entry of any suspected person entering the area.

The ENSF in a press release issued by its president, Sepili Sangtam and social and cultural secretary, Luntsuba Merr, while mentioning about the absence of the check posts, appealed the state government to set up inter-district check post immediately along with CCTVs to monitor the movement of any unknown persons.

Besides, the federation also appealed the district administration to suspend issuing of fresh ILP other than renewing and also to maintain a separate ILP registrar cell so as to curb entry of illegal immigrants who are not listed in the NRC published by the government of Assam.

Meanwhile, the ENSF appreciated the district administration of Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng for, what it termed, their efforts in strictly checking and monitoring the influx of illegal immigrants in the eastern Nagaland jurisdiction.

“The immediate response and efficient measures taken up by the district administrations to counter/prevent the entry of the foreign illegal immigrants aftermath the NRC drive out in Assam is praiseworthy and well appreciated,” the ENSF stated while calling upon its six federating units to assist and ‘monitor the district administration within the eastern jurisdiction.

Saying that the issue have become a serious concern for which all the stakeholders should come together for the future of the Nagas, the ENSF stated that it has been working tirelessly to check the influx of illegal immigrants. It also said that it has endorsed and empowered the federating units viz. Konyak Students’ Union, CCSU, YAA, USSC, PSC and KSU to monitor and coordinate with the district administration for effective implementation and execution of the same.

The ENSF also directed all its federating units to immediately crosscheck all the (Non-Local Registration Card) NLRC holders with ILP in order to identify the genuineness of the ILP cardholders.

The federation made it clear that its stand is not against or to harass the genuine Indian citizens ‘but to monitor and check the influx of illegal foreign immigrants in the interest of our security and survival’.

“India, especially North-Eastern States have been known for the highest importer of foreign illegal foreign immigrants especially the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants (IBIs). The recent NRC drive carried out by the Assam Government has shown an alarming rise of IBIs in these North-Eastern States,” the release stated.

The ENSF reiterated its strong stand against the influx of the illegal foreign immigrants into their land and asserted that it will be committed as ever to defend their homeland tooth and nail.

The federation warned that it will not hesitate to take extreme and coercive measures if the state government machineries fail to protect its land and people from these illegal foreign immigrants.

Saying that the eastern Nagaland in particular has been and is a safe corridor for influx of illegal immigrants, the federation stated that the area requires continuous protection of the land, towards which the government must respond to the current issue practically and effectively before it becomes a state wide problem.

The ENSF maintained that the Nagas should be ever ready to defend its land, rich culture and traditions while adding that the ‘Nagas cannot afford to extinct in its own land with the rise of illegal foreign immigrants in the state’.

“The State Government therefore need to seriously and vigorously pursue to eradicate this threatening IBIs influx in the state,” the ENSF stated.

While appealing the district administration and the government to immediately initiate protective mechanism, the federation asserted that it is taking the infiltration of IBIs in the state very seriously especially since there is imminent possibility of more inflow of the IBIs who missed their names in the NRC.