The Act has triggered widespread protests in northeastern states where many fears that permanent settlement of illegal immigrants, particularly thousands of Hindus from neighbouring Bangladesh, will disturb the region’s demography and further burden resources and decrease employment opportunities for indigenous people. It will threaten their language, culture and tradition, they contend.
A large section of people and organizations in the Northeast, especially in Assam and Tripura, have opposed the Act, saying it will nullify the provisions of the Assam Accord of 1985, which fixed March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date for deportation of all illegal immigrants irrespective of religion.
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