The BJP's Assam unit has joined groups like the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to include "Bangladesh infiltrators" living in India's Assam state in his banking-for-all scheme, reports bdnews24.com.
Last Thursday, Modi promised to end "financial untouchability" with a scheme to ensure that the majority of households in his country of nearly 1.3 billion people have bank accounts within months.
The Assam unit of Modi's own party, BJP, which has staunchly opposed the land boundary deal signed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has joined groups like AASU in opposing inclusion of 'Bangladeshis' in the scheme.
More than a third of Assam's population of 32 million is Muslim, most of them of East Bengali origin.
They have settled in Assam since the British started bringing them to work in the state's farmlands.
BJP joins Assam groups in tirade against BD
FE Team | Published: September 02, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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