TIL Desk/National/Guwahati/ Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday while praising the BJP-led Assam government for strongly tackling illegal migration, alleged that the West Bengal government was not cooperating with the Centre in dealing with the problem.
Addressing a public rally to mark the first anniversary of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led NDA government in Assam, Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to end the problem of infiltration but claimed ”Bengal is not cooperating with the centre”.
”On the other hand, Assam is standing rock-solid behind the centre and is fighting the problem strongly with result evident in the remarkable decrease in illegal infiltration”, Shah said.
The home minister said that he had visited the Indo-Bangladesh border at Mankachar in Assam on Monday and ”the data reveals that during the last six years, infiltration has declined considerably and we hope to completely end it soon”.
Referring to the earlier rampant cattle smuggling to Bangladesh through Assam, Shah said that Sarma’s government has ensured that all doors in the state has been closed for cattle smugglers.
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