Hours after a tweet by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announcing residences and protection for Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, his very own authorities regarded to contradict the statement, pronouncing no such advantages have been introduced for “Rohingya unlawful foreigners”.
Dealing with Rohingya Muslims has become a polarizing issue in India, with leaders of the ruling BJP frequently focusing their attention on getting votes from the Hindu majority. Leaders of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also responded.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has tried in the past to deport members of the minority community from mainly Buddhist Myanmar, many of whom have fled years of persecution and violence in their hometowns. About 1 million Rohingya in Bangladesh has sheltered.
As of early this year, around 1,100 Rohingya lived in Delhi and some 17,000 elsewhere in India, many of them working as guide workers, hawkers and rickshaw pullers, according to estimates by Rohingya rights activist Ali Zohar. About 2,000 people have gone back to Bangladesh this year amid fears many will be deported, he told the news enterprise Reuters.
