‘Illegal Immigrants’ Awareness Campaign in Nagaland

Described as an awareness campaign, the Public Action Committee (PAC) on illegal immigrants Thursday visited Hazi Park and Burma Camp East Block Dimapur where around 200 Muslim settlers were made to sign a bond providing three days to prove themselves as Indian citizens. In the event of failure to honour the undertaking, the business establishments of the signatories would be closed down by the PAC and the illegal immigrants would be deported.

PAC Co-ordinator, Joel said that since 1963, the government has identified only 28 illegal immigrants and that only 20 were deported. He also said that around 6000 illegal immigrants enter Dimapur daily from Lahorijan, Assam and engage in various livelihood means as labourers, businessmen, butchers, contract killers etc. He expressed apprehension that a time might come when the illegal immigrants would overshadow the Nagas even politically.

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Christianity is the predominant religion of Nagaland. The state's population is 1.988 million, out of which 90.02% are Christians. The census of 2001 recorded the state's Christian population at 1,790,349, making it, with Meghalaya and Mizoram, one of the three Christian-majority states in India and the only state where Christians form 90% of the population. The state has a very high church attendance rate in both urban and rural areas. Huge churches dominate the skylines of Kohima, Dimapur, and Mokokchung.

Nagaland is known as "the only predominantly Baptist state in the world."

Therefore, the issue is not communal per se and instead is basically of being swamped by illegal Bangaldeshi Muslims.

The manner the Bangladeshi Muslims have made an inroad in Bodo area and are now demanding that they are the majority as also are now a force in the politics of Assam (Bodoland is a part of Assam) has made all worried that one day their identity, culture, and everything will be swamped and the Bangladeshis will take over their State.

And who knows, they may become a part of Greater Bangladesh.