By Syed Junaid Hashmi,
Jammu, 07/04/2017
Intensifying the campaign against the Rohingya Refugees
and Bangladeshis living in Jammu, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)
Friday threatened to launch “Identify and Kill” campaign against them to force
them to leave Jammu and other areas of the state where they are living
temporarily.
We are giving one month time to the state government to
act against these foreigners but nothing substantial is being done. We are
warning the state government as well as central government to act against these
Rohingyas who have been thrown out by their own countries. District
administration has taken certain steps but we feel they are not sufficient,
said Rakesh Gupta, President of Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)
in an urgently called press conference.
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He added “we are giving this last warning to the state as
well as central government to remove these Rohingyas and Bangladeshis from the
state. This requires political will. If this is not done, we would be left with
no option but to launch a movement “Identify and Kill” against foreign settlers
who are criminals across the state. It would not be an offence if they are
unrolled to death (Maut kye ghaat utaray gain) since they are not citizens of
this state.”
Gupta said that they would be doing it as part of their
corporate social responsibility. “We have been assured by all the social,
religious and political organizations of their complete support in this regard.
Neither the government of Jammu & Kashmir is
signatory to any United Nation’s neither treaty nor Article 370 allows illegal
Foreign settlers for any permanent settlement in the state. We won’t let them
survive here on our land,” said Rakesh Gupta. He added that the owners on whose
land these foreign settlers are living should be booked under PSA.
Without presenting any evidence, Gupta said that these
Rohingyas have been selling drugs. “They are selling drugs besides being
involved in various anti-national activities,” added Gupta. When asked about
his close door meeting with a BJP MLC prior to holding this press conference,
Gupta said “We do not believe in close door meetings. We say everything in
open. We do not believe in saying anything behind the closed doors. We clearly
believe that this is the biggest threat perception.”
“There should be no double standards on foreign settlers.
If that is not possible, then it is better to divide the state,” added Gupta.
Regarding the demography change, Gupta said that if someone from Kashmir comes
to Jammu or vice-versa, this is no demography change. “But if someone from
outside the state comes to Jammu and settles here, demography change is bound
to happen,” Gupta said in his first elaborate and detailed press conference.
