Assam CM highlights dual approach to pushback of illegal immigrants from state

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on August 30 clarified the state’s ongoing measures to address illegal immigration, emphasizing a two-pronged strategy.

Speaking to the media, CM Sarma stated that the government is actively pushing back both new entrants and those already residing in Assam after 1971. “Pushback is happening on two fronts – one, the people who are residing within the state of Assam and fall under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act. Now we are empowered to push back any foreigner who entered post-1971. By utilizing this power, we are taking action both against those currently inside Assam and fresh immigrants,” he said.

The Chief Minister reiterated that the state government’s efforts aim to safeguard Assam’s demographic integrity while ensuring strict enforcement of the law against illegal immigrants.

In the ongoing crackdown against illegal infiltrators from Bangladesh, a total of 33 new Bangladeshi infiltrators have been pushed back across border.

Taking to X, Assam Chief Minister Himanta  Biswa Sarma wrote, "Now playing on illegal infiltrators playlist

Assam Police take me home, to the place I belong..

33 new infiltrators have been PUSHED BACK  to where they belong — Bangladesh.

BEWARE: Our stringent efforts continue and will further intensify in the coming days".

Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the deportation of 36 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators from Sribhumi and South Salmara districts on August 25, declaring that such immigrants "change our demography and infringe upon the rights of the indigenous."

"Alert eyes, swift action. 36 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators have been pushed back to Bangladesh from Sribhumi and South Salmara. These illegal infiltrators change our demography and infringe upon the rights of the indigenous and will be pushed back to where they belong," Sarma tweeted on August 25.