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Indian Express
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan should be deported: Tripura minister Animesh Debbarma
Tripura Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma said Thursday that the state should detect and deport illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan, and Rohingya persons, amidst the Centre's directive to take action against them across the country. 'If you want to save Tripura, for those who truly love Tripura, make sure you tie all the illegal immigrants entering the state from Myanmar or Pakistan and beat them all the way till the Akhaura (ICP) or the Sabroom (ICP) gate before pushing them to the other side. Don't just let them go. They should be deported by flogging their backs livid red,' said the senior leader of the ruling ally TIPRA Motha party. In an oblique reference to non-tribals who fled to Tripura before 1971 amid Pakistani atrocities, the minister said they should not forget that they migrated to the state in tattered condition, barely escaping torture across the border. Stating that if more influx continues, everyone in Tripura would face a crisis and wouldn't have enough space to live in, the minister said, 'Why is there a job crisis? Why is there a price hike in the state? Why are land prices skyrocketing in Agartala?' Claiming TIPRA Motha is the only political party that holds movements, Debbarma said he would continue fighting for the people of Tripura. 'I am a minister today. I may not remain a minister tomorrow. But the dofa (community) should remain. Tripura should remain as well. I shall fight for the people and not for being a minister,' he said. He also urged Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha to review the role of Tripura Police's Mobile Task Force, which usually oversees checking or bordering areas to prevent illegal immigrants. On June 14, a delegation of the TIPRA Motha party led by Debbarma submitted a memorandum to Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu, addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his supervision and control over the process of detection, deportation, and deletion of illegal migrants who entered the state after March 24, 1971. The party also demanded to set up a Special Central Task Force to supervise strictly for the detection and deportation of the illegal migrants.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP ally Tipra Motha seeks PM's intervention for 'pushing back' illegal immigrants in Tripura
BJP ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to send back illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura. Senior TMP leader and Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma told PTI that following the directives of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), states like Gujarat, Assam and Meghalaya took swift action. "Illegal migrants were detained, flown to various border areas and pushed back to their country of origin. This has not been done in Tripura as was expected," he said. With this demand, a 15-member delegation of the TMP, led by Mr. Debbarma, met Governor N. Indrasena Reddy on Saturday (June 14, 2025) and handed over a memorandum, seeking the PM's intervention. Mr. Debbarma said the TMP urged the PM to send a task force to the state. "We also urged for the setting up of a mechanism, involving the Assam Rifles, CRPF and the State police to detect, detain and push back illegal migrants," he said. 'Demographic change' Expressing concern over "demographic change" in the state, Mr. Debbarma said, "As per government records, the state accepted 6,09,000 people who had migrated from Bangladesh for various reasons during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. An accord was signed with a cut-off date of March 24, 1971, for the identification of illegal migrants." A Mobile Task Force (MTF) was also raised under the Tripura Police with a separate budget for detection and deportation of all the illegal migrants, but the problem persists, he said.
Hans India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
BJP ally Tipra Motha Party seeks PM Modi's intervention to deport Tripura's illegal immigrants
The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), a tribal based party and an ally of the ruling BJP, demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to identify and push back all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura to the neighbouring country. The TMP, headed by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, often organised agitations and rallies demanding urgent action by the government to detect and deport illegal migrants, specifically Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. Senior TMP leader Animesh Debbarma, who is also the state's Forest, Environment, Science and Technology Minister, said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently asked all the states, especially the bordering states, to identify the illegal foreign nationals and deport them to their countries. 'As per the Indira-Mujib accord, anyone who came to India after March 24, 1971, is an illegal settler. There are many people in Tripura who came after this date and are illegally living in the state,' the tribal leader told IANS. A 15-member delegation of the TMP, led by Debbarma, met Tripura Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Saturday at the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum, seeking the Prime Minister's immediate intervention to deport the illegal infiltrators to Bangladesh and other countries. Debbarma said the Central government can send a task force to the state to deal with the infiltrator issue. He expressed concern over the change of the demographic pattern in Tripura and strongly said, 'We cannot allow the illegal infiltrators to stay in the state illegally'. Quoting the government records, Debbarma said that the state had accepted 6.09 lakh people who had migrated from Bangladesh for various reasons during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The Mobile Task Force (MTF) unit of Tripura Police must be more proactive in identifying and deporting the illegal foreign nationals, the TMP leader said. Meanwhile, the MHA in its May 19 directives has advised all state governments and union territories to constitute Special Task Forces (STFs) in every district to identify and deport illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants within 30 days. The MHA directive, issued in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, has given state governments a free hand to carry out the operation in coordination with central agencies.
Indian Express
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Tipra Motha demands immediate detection, deportation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Tripura
The Tipra Motha – a constituent of the ruling BJP-led alliance – has demanded the detection and deportation of all illegal migrants from Bangladesh residing in Tripura. A four-member delegation of the party, led by MLA Ranjit Debbarma, met Governor N Indrasena Reddy and raised the demand on Friday. 'We met the Governor today. The issue is that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has stipulated a 30-day timeframe to start the process of detection and deportation of illegal migrants in Tripura. In other states, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Assam, the process has already started. We have demanded that the process be started in Tripura too,' Debbarma told reporters after meeting Governor Reddy. He added that a similar kind of notification was also issued in 2017. The Tipra Motha leader said that not only the illegal migrants, but also those providing shelter to them, must be brought under the purview of the law. Earlier, Debbarma wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the illegal entry of Bangladeshi nationals, urging him to push them back. The Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) has also demanded that the government start the process of detecting and deporting Bangladeshi migrants staying illegally in the state. 'We have seen that other states are doing it. But the Tripura government is silent. We appeal to the government to take strong initiative regarding the notification. We have started the 'clean and drive illegal migrants mission' from today,' Hamal Jamatia, General Secretary, TSF, said. As per a report of the Tripura Police, 816 Bangladeshi nationals, 79 Rohingya persons, and two Nigerians were arrested between January 1, 2024, and February 28 this year for staying illegally in Tripura. A further breakup of the data shows that 483 illegal foreigners were arrested from August 5, 2024, when the Sheikh Hasina government fell in Bangladesh.
Hans India
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Union Minister Oram assured support for tribal development: Tripura Minister Debbarma
New Delhi/Agartala: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram has said that the Centre would do all possible to help and take steps for the development and welfare of the tribals in Tripura and their inhabited areas, according to Tripura Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma. Tripura Minister Debbarma on Friday said that he met Union Minister Oram in New Delhi and discussed various schemes and plans about the development of tribal areas and welfare of the indigenous people. He said that the Union Minister assured him of all possible help, support and guidance for the all-round development of the tribal areas and welfare of the tribal people. "I have highlighted the issues related to roads, electric and water supply, and modern education facilities in the tribal inhabited areas," Minister Debbarma told the media. He said that the Union Minister stressed that steps were undertaken to bring all tribals into the mainstream of development. Debbarma said that the BJP government in Tripura wants to provide equal developmental opportunities to both tribals and non-tribals. The ruling BJP has an alliance with two tribal based parties – Tipra Motha Party (TMP) and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) to obtain electoral benefits from the tribals. The TMP, headed by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, a former royal scion, has been governing the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which has a jurisdiction on over two-thirds of Tripura's 10,491 sq km area and is home to over 12,16,000 people, of which 90 per cent are tribals. Of Tripura's 60 Assembly seats, 20 are reserved for the tribals. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha earlier said that ambitious projects and schemes worth Rs 1,400 crore, funded by the World Bank, are currently underway in the state to improve the socio-economic conditions of indigenous tribes, adding that previously, no government had thought about their welfare. The Rs 1,400 crore would be utilised under the Tripura Rural Economic Growth and Service Delivery Project (TRESP) to further enhance the livelihoods and overall socio-economic status of Janajati (tribal) people. CM Saha said, "We must take a pledge that the works which were not fulfilled and not done yet have to be taken up after discussion in the coming year, and we must move forward to develop the state." Tribals constitute one-third of the total population of four million in Tripura, and they always play a vital role in all spheres of the northeastern state, including electoral politics.
