Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
An ‘intruder’ who marries a girl from a tribal community will not be entitled to land in her name, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in poll-bound Jharkhand.
In jabs at the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance, he said if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins, it will pass a law to stop transfer of land to ‘intruders’ – the reference was to ‘infiltrators’ from Bangladesh, an echo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments – who marry tribal women.
“Infiltrators are grabbing land by marrying our daughters. We will bring a law to prevent transfer of land to infiltrators if they marry tribal women. We will also form a committee to identify infiltrators to drive them out and reclaim land grabbed by them,” Mr Shah said at a rally in Seraikela
The attack follows a similar broadside by Prime Minister Modi last week. Mr Modi was speaking in Garhwa where he slammed into Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s administration, accusing the ruling JMM, Congress, and Rashtriya Janata Dal of being “supporters of Bangladesh infiltrators”.
The JMM-RJD-Congress government has taken appeasement to its peak. These parties are destroying the state’s social harmony. They are supporters of infiltrators. To get votes of Bangladesh infiltrators, they are getting them settled across Jharkhand,” he had said.
Meanwhile, Mr Shah also hit out at the JMM over “the way Champai Soren was humiliated and thrown out” and said, “This is not just an insult to Champai Soren but an insult to tribal people.”
Champai Soren was a former JM leader who was made Chief Minister after Hemant Soren was arrested and jailed on corruption charges, but removed immediately after the party boss got bail.
He joined the BJP in August and his induction has been seen as a boost for the party’s efforts to strengthen its connection with the tribal communities, a strong support base of the JMM.
Champai Soren was also referenced by the Prime Minister, who accused the JMM and Congress of having “left no stone unturned in humiliating an Adivasi son”.
