Presence of Rohingyas may lead to another partition

Former BJP leader and RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya on Friday approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking deportation of Rohingya refugees from India, saying their continued presence "may lead to another partition of the country".

 "It has also become known that al-Qaeda is trying to use the Rohingya community for terror and jihad and and if Rohingyas' plea is entertained then it may lead to another partition of the country," the petition  said and wanted the apex court's permission to allow him to implead in a petition filed by two Rohingya refugees challenging the Indian government's move to deport them.

 A petition filed by two Rohingya refugees challenging the deportation move by Indian government is already pending before the apex court and it is expected to come up for hearing on September 11.

An estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees are staying in different parts of India after escaping persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine province bordering Bangladesh.

 "Rohingyas have no constitutional right to stay in India and their deportation would be in consonance with the exercise of the sovereign power vested with the central government and their deportation does not violate the international law," according to Govindacharya's petition.

 Govindacharya has said that "the decision by the government (to deport Rohingyas) has not been made in a haste".

 The government's decision to consult the National Security Advisor and Intelligence Bureau Director, besides other top officers of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and other intelligence agencies showed that "the threat is credible", he contended.