Tripura CM flays
Source: The Sangai Express / IANS
Agartala, February 04 2015:
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Wednesday attacked the BJP for describing people from the North East living in Delhi as "immigrants" -- a folly the BJP later rectified.
"The North Eastern States are an integral part of India.
Those people from North Eastern States staying in Delhi are also citizens of India," he told reporters.
Sarkar, a leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, said: "Why should people from North Eastern States residing in Delhi be treated as immigrants ? This is an absolutely wrong notion" .
A 24-page Vision Document released on Tuesday by the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Saturday's Delhi elections pledged to protect "immigrants" from the North East living in the capital.