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Tripura Activates West District Task Force To Deport Migrants, Plans Statewide Rollout

Tipra Motha’s memorandum on Sepahijala deportations led to a July 23 Election Commission meeting to press for a December 2014 cutoff revision of Tripura’s voter rolls

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Tipra Motha chief Pradyut Flags Land Allotment to Bangladeshi in Tripura
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Photo: IANS

Overview

  • West Tripura’s 15-member task force began operations on July 15 to collect biometric and demographic data of suspected Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants for deportation via the BSF.
  • Officials say similar task forces will be formed in the remaining seven districts in line with a Ministry of Home Affairs directive issued in May.
  • Tipra Motha leader Umasankar Debbarma submitted a memorandum to the Sepahijala SP demanding the detection and expulsion of more than 100 alleged Bangladeshi nationals across eight village committees.
  • The Election Commission has invited a nine-member Tipra Motha delegation for July 23 to discuss a Bihar-style Special Intensive Revision aimed at improving voter list integrity.
  • Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha says the STF operations will uncover any post-December 2014 infiltrations and insists that only minimal illegal immigration has occurred since that cutoff.