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Foreign infiltrators have no place, harassed 'Hindus' from Bangladesh, Pak can stay in India: BJP

Foreign infiltrators have no place, harassed 'Hindus' from Bangladesh, Pak can stay in India: BJP

New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI) BJP Chief Ministers in a crucial meeting attended among others by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday resolved that "illegal foreign immigrants have no place in the country".
"The party is united and unanimous about its stand on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue and resolved yet again that illegal foreign immigrants have no place in the country," Chhattisgath Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters here.
He, however, made it clear that with regard 'Hindu minorities' be it in Bangladesh or Pakistan - if they are harassed and face 'threats' and if they come to India, - "nishchit rup se (certainly) they should get a place of stay in India".
"This important decision has been taken and is also well underlined in the Citizens Amendment Bill," he said.
The draft law is now being examined by the Joint Parliamentary Committee headed by BJP member Rajendra Agrawal.
Moreover, at the BJP's Chief Minister's Council meeting the issue of setting up of 'fast track' courts on citizenship issue was also discussed, Mr Singh said.
On the next year's parliamentary elections, he said the party will take "all stake holders along" and form a government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yet again.
The day long deliberations were attended among others by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states Yogi Adityanath, Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Raman Singh, Manohar Lal Khattar and Sarbanand Sonowal are attending the meeting among others. The Deputy Chief Ministers from other NDA-ruled states like Sushil Kumar Modi (Bihar) are also attending the meeting.
"Today's meeting is being held for the first time we formed governments in Tripura and Nagaland," Mr Singh said.
The crucial Assembly elections are due in three BJP-ruled states Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and also Congress-ruled Mizoram.
The deliberations on Tuesday are seen as a crucial among the key top leaders as it was held just about seven-eight months to go for the all important 2019 general elections.
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