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Ascertain who decided to shift Rohingya Muslims to flats, take strict action: Sisodia to Amit Shah

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on August 18 said he has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to order a probe to ascertain on whose instructions the decision to shift Rohingya Muslims to apartments in the national capital was taken.

“We did not take any decision to shift Rohingya Muslims to flats. The Centre also says it didn’t. Then who did it?” Mr. Sisodia asked and demanded strict action against those behind the decision.

Addressing a press conference, Mr. Sisodia said he has also urged the Home Minister to make clear the Centre’s stand on the issue of shifting of Rohingya Muslims.

Mr. Sisodia claimed the Home Ministry came out with a clarification on the issue on August 17 only after Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s tweets on the move to shift Rohingyas was opposed by his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and others.

Hours after Mr. Puri said that Rohingya refugees in the national capital will be shifted to flats for economically weaker section, the Union Home Ministry on August 17 denied any such move and directed the Delhi Government to ensure that “illegal foreigners” remain in detention centres pending their extradition.

It also said that the Delhi Government “proposed to shift Rohingya Muslims to a new location”.

Rejecting the Union Home Ministry’s claim that it was the Delhi Government’s proposal, Mr. Sisodia had alleged on August 17 the BJP-led Centre was “secretly” trying to give “permanent residence” to Rohingya refugees in the national capital.

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