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Centre ‘inactive’ on infiltration, says BJP

Kolkata, August 7
Charging the UPA government at the Centre and West Bengal’s ruling Left Front with ‘inaction’ on the infiltration problem, the BJP today demanded a white paper from the state government on the ‘influx’ from Bangladesh and said a NDA delegation would meet President APJ Abdul Kalam tomorrow to apprise him of the problem.

NDA convenor George Fernandes, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and other leaders would be in the delegation, BJP general secretary Rajnath Singh told a press conference here.

He accused the CPM-led Left Front government of not identifying and taking any action against Bangladeshi infiltrators during its 28-year rule and demanded that it come out with a white paper on the issue. Singh, who held a two-day meeting with party functionaries in the state, directed them to ‘identify infiltrators’ in each district and submit a report to the party by September 15.

Supporting Bannerjee, who had created a flutter in the Lok Sabha last week on the infiltration issue and submitted her resignation for being disallowed to speak, Singh said ‘’She had not committed any offence by trying to raise the issue. — PTI