Will Bangladesh Stop sending illegal Migrants to India after receiving Indian Aid?
No, because the govt. of India’s stand on this issue is not strong enough. In 2003, former Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes alleged that there are more than 20,000,000 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India. 17 Feb. 2003, President APJ Abdul Kalam voicing his concern over the problem at the joint sitting of parliament said ” the problem of illegal migration from Bangladesh has assumed serious proportions and affects many states. The government is determined to take all necessary steps to check this problem”. There were 67,906 tribal people out of the total population of 91,765 in 1876 in Tripura State in India (Naih). The tribal population of Tripura was reduced to minority people by these illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. In the 1991 Indian census, there were 353,345 tribal people out of 2,757,205 of total population (Naih). According to the Home Ministry’s statistics of India, there are 15 millions illegal immigrants in India from Bangladesh (Ved). According to Anand Kumar
