The campaign aims to create awareness in Nagaland about illegal immigrants, whose population has increased in leaps and bounds in the last few decades, posing a serious threat to the indigenous people of the state.
Launching the campaign, Naga Council Dimapur president Savi Liegise said it has become important for the people to take steps to prevent flow of illegal immigrants and therefore a non-violent and peaceful initiative has been taken, wherein all Nagas would have to give their signatures pledging that they would not entertain illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
Liegise lamented that in the last 47 years of statehood, the government has been able to detect only 28 illegal immigrants and nothing has been done to stop their inflow. He said during these years, no awareness has been created about the migration of illegal immigrants to Nagaland.
Liegise also took a dig at the state government for remaining silent over the looming threat and said even the Special Task Force (STF) announced by the government in April this year to detect illegal immigrants has not done anything till now.
Explaining the reasons for forming PAC, he said illegal immigrants have been found involved in thefts, rapes and other illegal activities and that there was a need to check such crimes. He said the launch of the campaign on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti assumes great significance as it is voluntary and not forced.