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Bangla migrant hit at rivals

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->“<b>We will definitely send back illegal Bangladeshis to their country. But we will make a distinction between those who have come here for a living and those who are armed insurgents</b>,” said the home minister in his reply to a debate on internal security. He stressed that the government will see to it that genuine citizens are not harassed.

Patil in his lengthy response took on the main Opposition party, the BJP, which has accused the Centre of turning “soft” and even of encouraging insurgency groups like the Naxalites. <b>The home minister for his part made it clear that the BJP’s preoccupation with Bangladeshi immigrants is motivated by “communal” considerations.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->