New Delhi [India], January 1 : Reacting to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement on "Hindu Bangladeshi"," Congress leader Rashid Alvi called the Bharatiya Janata Party "anti-Hindu," and said that the BJP and RSS "exploit" Hindus.
"The no. of Hindus in Bangladesh is huge. The government of India raises this issue in India for political benefit but the statement of Assam CM has proved that BJP is anti-Hindu. They are not concerned with what is happening with Hindus in Bangladesh. They only want to talk about Hindus during elections, instigate their religious sentiments and gain power. The statement of Assam CM has made it clear that BJP and RSS exploit Hindus. They are not concerned about their problems," Alvi told ANI on Wednesday.
Earlier today, Assam CM said that he has not seen any Hindu Bangladeshi infiltrating from neighbouring country in Assam in the last five months.
"I think the numbers are very less and whoever wanted to come would have come 40 years ago. I think we should not encourage them to come to India. The Prime Minister is continuously working to provide security and create a security situation in Bangladesh and the Hindu people of Bangladesh are also working very maturely and we have not seen any Hindu Bangladeshi in Assam in the last five months," Assam CM said.
CM Sarma said that he has also discussed the infiltration issue with his counterparts from various northeastern states and the West Bengal government.
"We have seen a huge increase in infiltration in Assam and India. 2 days ago, I also discussed this with my counterparts from various northeastern states and the West Bengal government. Assam police is detecting 20 to 30 infiltrators every day and the same number of infiltrators are being seen in Tripura," he added.
Assam CM said that the situation in Bangladesh has led to the collapse of the textile industry in that country.
"After the unrest in Bangladesh, the textile industry collapsed there. So workers working in the textile industry in Bangladesh are coming to India and many textile factory owners in our country are also encouraging them. I have also discussed this issue with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in my last meeting. So this is a very worrying issue for us because we have never detected so many infiltrators before," he said.