No Bangladeshi has entered India illegally since 1971
There has been no cross-border infiltration to India since 1971_ Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan reasserted on Thursday in an interview with Indian News18. This comes days Amit Shah expressed the Indian government s commitment to throwing out all illegal infiltrators during his visit to West Bengal recently. I would like to stress that no one from Bangladesh has entered India illegally after 1971. India is our good friend and I believe that such issues will not affect our relationship with India_ he said_ adding that the issue of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Act is India s internal matter . He said_ We have nothing to do with the NRC and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). After Bangladesh was liberated no one went to India illegally. During partition people migrated to India_ but not after the partition. There are no reasons that people will illegally move to India from Bangladesh. Why will they? Bangladesh is not a poor country where people will migrate illegally to India. Our current economic growth_ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and per capita income are very good. Living standard is also good in Bangladesh_ Khan added. On incidents of firing along the international border areas between Bangladesh and India_ Asaduzzaman Khan said_ Such firing should not happen. In case of any emergency situation_ I think non-lethal weapons should be used to tackle criminal activities at the border. People's lives should not be lost through because of such shellings. We share a very cordial relationship with India and we will continue to carry it forward. India shares a 4_096-km-long border with Bangladesh. The Indian side of the Indo-Bangladesh border passes through West Bengal (2216.7 Km)_ Assam (263 Km)_ Meghalaya (443 Km)_ Tripura (856 Km) and Mizoram (318 Km).
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