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Congress accuses BJP of misleading people on infiltration

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Press Trust of India Karimganj (Assam)

"Sonowal is trying to gain cheap political publicity though he himself was the main architect behind scrapping of Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunal (IMDT) Act and bringing the Foreigners Act into existence," Assam Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Deepan Dewanji told reporters here.

Dewanji said that the BJP leader was trying to mislead the people of Assam in general and Barak Valley in particular by making false allegations against the central and state governments on the issue of infiltration.

"When the IMDT Act existed, the harassment of the minority community was not as common as today as according to it the onus of proving nationality lay with the complainant, while under the Foreigner

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First Published: Dec 06 2012 | 2:25 PM IST

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