BJP chief and Assam leader minister designate Sarbananda Sonowal (centre). picture: AP
Guwahati: The sealing of the border with Bangladesh might be finished in two years’ time, Assam’s chiefminister designate Sarbananda Sonowal stated on Saturday.

Sonowal, who recommended the Bharatiya Janata birthday party (BJP) to victory inside the currentlyconcluded meeting election, has positioned the issue of infiltration and border security as his authorities’stop priority.

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The BJP had also made infiltration one of the essential issues in the ballot campaign. “Union domesticminister Rajnath Singh had given a –yr time frame for everlasting sealing of the border. we will work in the direction of completing inside that time frame the border sealing work, which includes the riverine border,” Sonowal advised PTI in an interview.

He turned into requested how he supposed to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border, an problem he spokeapproximately quickly after his birthday celebration’s election victory on Thursday. domestic minister Singh had at some stage in his on-the-spot go to to the India-Bangladesh border in Karimganj district of southern Assam in January this year stated the construction of a barbed cord fence alongside the Assam stretch could be finished by the cease of this 12 months.

“As quickly as the border is sealed completely, the infiltration trend will prevent routinely. Plus we willcreate attention among the humans to save you infiltration,” Sonowal had said.

asked what method or law he supposed to use to stop infiltration from Bangladesh as he was in opposition to the now repealed IMDT Act, Sonowal said, “whilst the final draft of the (ongoing) updatedcountrywide sign in of residents (NRC) in Assam is posted, it will be clear who’re the residents and infiltrators gets recognized. The problem gets solved and motion will then be taken in opposition toinfiltrators as per current law.”

“like the Wagah border in Punjab with Pakistan, we are able to also have a comparable rite in Assamalongside the Indo-Bangladesh border. we are able to make it right into a tourist spot in which humanscan come and watch the rite. this could additionally stop infiltration”, he delivered. PTI