National I-Cards with Check Illegal Immigration
All Indian citizens may soon have identity cards. The Home Ministry is working on this proposal to check illegal immigration into India, especially from Bangladesh and Pakistan.
"There have been situations where due to illegal immigration we have had to go to wars. The reason behind the 1971 war was illegal immigration. So illegal immigration, which posed a threat, compelled us to ponder over it. Besides we have to tackle our western neighbour. This convinced me that every citizen should have identity papers. Why should there not be a national register of citizens? The government is working towards this," said Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
This comes in the wake of another Home Ministry proposal of a tighter Visa regime for Pakistani nationals.
"There have been situations where due to illegal immigration we have had to go to wars. The reason behind the 1971 war was illegal immigration. So illegal immigration, which posed a threat, compelled us to ponder over it. Besides we have to tackle our western neighbour. This convinced me that every citizen should have identity papers. Why should there not be a national register of citizens? The government is working towards this," said Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
This comes in the wake of another Home Ministry proposal of a tighter Visa regime for Pakistani nationals.
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