Bangladeshis staying illegally in India should be sent back: Mohan Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today said Bangladeshis illegally staying in India should be sent back to their countries.

Bhagwat, addressing a gathering of swayamsevaks in Goa, said the government should identify and pick up Bangladeshis staying without valid documents in the country and cancel their names from ration cards and electoral roll, if required.

"There is provision in the law to form internment camps for these illegal people to shelter them before being deported to their parent country," he said. Referring to issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, Bhagwat termed it as a political plot of Bangladesh government to add the territory to their mainland.

"The vision document prepared by Bangladesh after its separation from Pakistan itself has mentioned that since the country is short of land, it will try to acquire more land from neighbouring areas," he said.

"The government should at least now act against illegal migration by keeping aside their vote bank politics or else the day will come when they will get muscles in the political system," he warned.

Bhagwat is down in Goa for the first time after taking over as RSS chief. "Join RSS and be the part of groups, who are ready for self sacrifice for the country," Bhagwat appealed.

The RSS chief said that RSS cadres rushes for the rescue in any kind of natural calamities or tragedies before even police or other government machinery can reach.

"This is because of the strong feeling to serve the country, which is nurtured in the heart of swayamsevak," he said.