Silchar (Assam), July 11: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Swami Chinmayananda has said that the controversial Illegal Migrants by Determination Tribunal (IMDT) Act was expected to be repealed in the forthcoming session of Parliament. The bill was now before a standing committee of Parliament for consideration following some proposals given by the Congress and some other political parties, Swami Chinmayananda told reporters here last night.
In Assam, the problem of infiltration was mainly due to the act. According to the 2001 census, the average national growth of population was 41 to 48 per cent but in Assam it was above 55 per cent, he said. The minister pointed out that during the last ten years, 3.63 lakh cases were registered under the IMDT Act but only 1,500 of them have been deported while the government of West Bengal has deported four lakh Bangladeshis as there is no IMDT Act in the state. Bureau Report