Rohingya Muslims posing threat is a post 2014 development, alleges Omar

Srinagar, Sep 18: Hitting out at Centre for asserting in the Supreme Court (SC) that Rohingya Muslims living in the country pose as serious threat to the national security, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said that no such intelligence reports came up for discussion in Unified Headquarters meetings before 2014.
         “This threat, at least in J&K, is a post 2014 development. No such intelligence reports ever came up for discussion in Unified HQ meetings,” Mr Abdullah, who is the working president of National Conference (NC), wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
         Mr Abdullah was reacting to the Centre asserting in apex court today that the Rohingya Muslims are ‘illegal’ immigrants in India and thier stay posed ‘serious national security ramifications’.
         The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has criticised the centre’s plan to deport Rohingyas, saying ‘India cannot carry out collective expulsions, or return people to a place where they risk torture or other serious violations’.
         However, the NDA government rebutted the allegations, saying ‘enforcing its laws to deal with possible security threats posed by illegal migrants cannot be seen as a lack of compassion’.
         Meanwhile, Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju today said that the government's stand to deport Rohingya refugees was in the national interest. UNI