No Bangladeshi migrated to India after 1971, Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said describing the citizens' list of Assam as India’s internal issue.

Hours after Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that ‘friend’ Bangladesh would be approached to take back its people following the declaration of the updated final list of the National Register of Citizens, Home Minister Kamal has claimed that as far he is aware of, no one from his country had moved to India after 1971.

Speaking exclusively to News18 from Dhaka, Khan said, “Yes, I am aware of the NRC list being declared in Assam. It is purely an internal matter of India and we have nothing to do with it.”

 “I don’t want to comment on it since it is India’s internal issue. We would give our reaction if they want to know anything from us,” Kamal said while replying to questions from Indian news media outlet news18.com.

Kamal also maintains that no Bangladeshi migrated to India after 1971.

“We want to clearly say that no Bangladeshi migrated to India after 1971. Those who migrated had done it before. People from India came to our country and so did people from Bangladesh. So we have nothing to be worried about it,” Kamal told in an exclusive interview to the news outlet.

Bangladesh has denied anyone left the country to settle in India after the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, terming Assam citizenship an “internal matter” of India.

When asked about Sarma’s statement, he said, “Bangladesh has nothing to do with NRC. I repeat, it is India’s internal matter. I don’t know who said what in this matter. Let India inform us officially, then we will respond."

Around 1.9 million people were excluded from the list of citizenship in Assam NRC published on Saturday (Aug 31).

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