Infiltrators Coming to India to Work in Textile Mills: Sarma
The New Indian Express Vijayawada|January 02, 2025
ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday dropped a bombshell claim that a section of India's textile industry is illegally "importing" cheap labourers from Bangladesh where the industry has taken a hard hit in the aftermath of the unrest that brought down the government of Sheikh Hasina.
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"The Assam Police are detecting 20 to 30 infiltrators every day and an equal number of people are seen in Tripura also. When we tried to understand why this is happening, we found the textile industry in Bangladesh has virtually collapsed after the unrest," Sarma said.

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