Settlement of illegal immigrants-Rohingyas– in Jammu is a very serious issue, having ramifications on national security as also the social-fabric of the City of Temples due to fast changing demography. A local English daily has reported “… while police have identified some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) who have intentionally been facilitating movement of the Myanamarese from across India to Jammu with a view to change demography of the region.” STATE TIMES had flagged this alarming issue in its anchor story by Dost Khan under title ‘For being secular, Jammu was rewarded with Rohingya settlements’ on February 21, 2019.
STATE TIMES had reported the admission by a senior Congress leader and former minister from Jammu that he was instructed by a Muslim leader from the All India Congress Committee, who was also a Union Minister, to facilitate the settlement of Rohingyas in Jammu.
STATE TIMES had also questioned the intent behind Rohingyas settlement in the Hindu dominated Jammu instead of Muslim majority Kashmir-the entire Valley.