SILIGURI, Nov. 10: The Siliguri based ‘Bangla O Bangla Bhasa Bachao Committee’ (BOBBBC) has asked the Central Election Commission to segregate the ‘Nepali infiltrators’ from the Indian Gorkhas in Darjeeling district of northern Bengal and order an extensive revision of the existing electoral rolls of the whole district.
Serving a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner in Delhi on 6 November, the Bengali body pointed out that as per the provisions of the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 “Nepalese coming to India after 26-01-1945 are not Indian citizens although they can reside and exploit the livelihood opportunities in India.”
But in the four-page memorandum served to the CEC, the BOBBBC has claimed that “in violation of the bilateral treaty, lakhs and lakhs of Nepalese migrating to India after the specified date have found place in the electoral rolls of Darjeeling district and are unjustifiably enjoying the citizenship rights at the cost of the native Indians.”
“Even till date, scores of Nepali migrants are entering into the Darjeeling district and the adjoining Dooars region and are easily finding place in the electoral rolls,” said the BOBBBC president Dr Mukundo Mazumdar. To address the malady, the Bengali body has placed a four-point charter of demands before the CEC, which include ~ initiating an extensive revision of the electoral rolls of the four sub-divisions of Darjeeling district so as to identify and shed the names of the ‘Nepali migrants’ as per the guidelines offered by the treaty of 1950, order the district election officer of Darjeeling not to publish the final electoral rolls (for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls) until the task was over, to depute special election observers in Darjeeling for overseeing the roll revision and lastly, postpone all scheduled elections in Darjeeling until the roll revision was over.
It may be noted here that opposing the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling, the BOBBC on 7 November took part in a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The agitation, which was also attended by the Siliguri based ‘Jana Chetena’ and other Bengali nationalist bodies from across India was convened by the ‘Bharatiya Bangla Bhasi Mahasabha’.
Separate memorandums were also submitted to the Prime Minister, President and the UPA chairperson Ms Sonia Gandhi in this regard.
Serving a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner in Delhi on 6 November, the Bengali body pointed out that as per the provisions of the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 “Nepalese coming to India after 26-01-1945 are not Indian citizens although they can reside and exploit the livelihood opportunities in India.”
But in the four-page memorandum served to the CEC, the BOBBBC has claimed that “in violation of the bilateral treaty, lakhs and lakhs of Nepalese migrating to India after the specified date have found place in the electoral rolls of Darjeeling district and are unjustifiably enjoying the citizenship rights at the cost of the native Indians.”
“Even till date, scores of Nepali migrants are entering into the Darjeeling district and the adjoining Dooars region and are easily finding place in the electoral rolls,” said the BOBBBC president Dr Mukundo Mazumdar. To address the malady, the Bengali body has placed a four-point charter of demands before the CEC, which include ~ initiating an extensive revision of the electoral rolls of the four sub-divisions of Darjeeling district so as to identify and shed the names of the ‘Nepali migrants’ as per the guidelines offered by the treaty of 1950, order the district election officer of Darjeeling not to publish the final electoral rolls (for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls) until the task was over, to depute special election observers in Darjeeling for overseeing the roll revision and lastly, postpone all scheduled elections in Darjeeling until the roll revision was over.
It may be noted here that opposing the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling, the BOBBC on 7 November took part in a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The agitation, which was also attended by the Siliguri based ‘Jana Chetena’ and other Bengali nationalist bodies from across India was convened by the ‘Bharatiya Bangla Bhasi Mahasabha’.
Separate memorandums were also submitted to the Prime Minister, President and the UPA chairperson Ms Sonia Gandhi in this regard.
(source : The Statesman)
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