Dhubri, Dec. 11: The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today hailed the Supreme Court?s notice to the Centre on the unchecked influx of illegal Bangladeshis into the country.

AASU state chief organising secretary Inamul Hoque lauded the apex court?s decision to admit the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the India Image Foundation. He said the students? union has been reiterating this demand since 1979 but even after the Assam Accord was signed in 1985, inflow of illegal migrants from Bangladesh could not be stopped. Nor could they be deported owing to Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, which protects the interests of illegal migrants living in Assam.

?But the AASU is determined to get the act repealed. Due to the unabated influx of Bangladeshis, indigenous people of the state are becoming outnumbered. If some drastic action is not taken to stop and deport the illegal migrants, the day is not far when the Assamese people will be a minority in their own land,? Hoque said.

According to the PIL filed by the India Image Foundation, nearly three lakh Bangladeshis are entering the country every year.

This is affecting the nation?s demography and security.

The AASU also sought a CBI probe into the presence of two crore immigrants, demanding that their names be struck off the electoral rolls.

Hoque pointed out that while the Congress-led government at the Centre has admitted on the floor of Parliament that 50 lakh illegal migrants from Bangladesh were staying in Assam, the Tarun Gogoi government rejected the contention fearing loss of the migrant vote bank.

Hoque alleged, ?The Congress government, by not accepting the facts about illegal migrants, is creating a serious security threat to the country as the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is spreading its wings in the areas of the state dominated by illegal migrants.?