Rhinos being killed to make room for Bangladeshi settlers: Modi in Assam

India Today , Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Correspondent :
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday rooted for wildlife conservation but also made a knee-jerk remark with regard to the poaching of rhinoceros in Assam.

Speaking at a rally in Dhemaji, Modi charged that the poaching of rhinos had benefactors in the Congress government which wanted to clear areas in the state for Bangladeshi settlers by killing the endangered animal.

"Those who are conspiring to finish of rhinos, they should listen to this carefully. After May 16, they will be taken to task one by one (chun chun ke hisab liya jayega)," the BJP PM candidate said.

"Aren't rhinos the pride of Assam? These days there is a conspiracy to kill it. I am making the allegation very seriously. People sitting in the government...to save Bangladeshis... they are doing this conspiracy to kill rhinos so that the area becomes empty and Bangladeshis can be settled there," Modi said.

The BJP's prime ministerial candidate said that the rhino is attached to the pride of Assam. "Killing it and the indulgence of responsible people.... the country will never tolerate these types of incidents," he added.

He said that local people are getting unemployed as people migrating from Bangladesh are taking up jobs and it was the demand of time that these intrusions be stopped. "We have to save the future of Assam. It is our responsibility to save it from forces which are looting the state," Modi said.

 
SOURCE : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-bjp-assam-government-congress-poaching-of-rhinos-bangladeshi-settlers/1/352179.html
 


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