Dimapur, Aug. 20 (EMN): The recently formed joint committee on prevention of illegal immigrants (JCPI) has informed about the formation of a committee led by Abhishek Singh, commissioner-secretary to the chief minister, during a meeting with the chief secretary of Nagaland on Aug. 18. The new committee was formed with the purpose “to give an interim report within 15 days on comprehensive action plan and mechanisms to streamline ILP and to effectively curb illegal immigrants and to bring out a strong policy to safeguard the rights and security of indigenous inhabitants of the state of Nagaland as a consequence of the ongoing NRC drive in Assam.”
The JCPI issued a statement on Monday stating that it had strongly urged the formation of an ILP monitoring cell and the Foreigners Tribunal to deal with the influx. “JCPI members also requested the committee to visit the RTAs and the municipal councils/town committees in the districts with regard to random issuance of driving licenses and trade licenses to suspected illegal immigrants thereby allowing these people to capture the market and the transport business.
“The JCPI also felt that as an experimental measure, the issuance of ILP in Dimapur should be handled by the police commissionerate office rather than the office of the deputy commissioner. JCPI also raised the issue of non- indigenous people serving as GBs, particularly suspected illegal immigrants in Dimapur area,” the statement read.
It expressed faith that the committee led by a senior bureaucrat would ‘fully satisfy the demand of the Naga public.’
