Rohingya issue is foreign policy matter, not judicial: Mukul Rohatgi
Rohatgi's comment came a day after the Centre on Monday in its affidavit said the presence of Rohingya Muslims in India is a drain on India's resources.
A day after the Union Government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against accommodating the Rohingya Muslims in India, former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi on Tuesday said the Rohingya issue is a matter of foreign policy and not the one that can be "judicially reviewed".
He told news agency ANI that if India decides to not allow Rohingyas then the international community cannot ask it to take allow refugees.
Rohatgi's comment came a day after the Centre on Monday in its affidavit said the presence of Rohingya Muslims in India is a drain on India's resources and a serious security threat to the country.
"It is a matter of foreign policy, not a matter that can be judicially reviewed by a court...If India says we won't allow them in our country then no international body can ask it to take them in," Rohatgi said.
The Centre had further said that it is completely within the executive policy how to deal with illegal immigrants such as Rohingya Muslims. The affidavit was filed in response to a petition against the deportation of Rohingya Muslims from India.
The centre said that it has inputs from intelligence agencies about links of some Rohingya Muslims with Pakistan's ISI and Global terror networks such as the Islamic State.
Further, t was stated that is an organised network of touts operating in Myanmar and West Bengal and Tripura to facilitate illegal Rohingya influx.
[Stay off Rohingya Muslim matter, Centre tells Supreme Court]
The
influx
started
in
2012
and
there
are
around
40,000
Rohingya
Muslims
in
India.
In
a
15
page
affidavit,
the
Centre
said
that
the
SC
should
keep
off
the
executive
policy
in
dealing
with
illegal
Rohingya
migrants.
Further
the
reply
stated
that
there
are
intelligence
inputs
stating
that
some
illegal
migrants
have
links
with
Pakistan
based
terror
groups
and
are
trying
to
spread
violence
in
India.
Militant
elements
among
Rohingyas
are
active
in
Delhi,
Hyderabad,
Mewar
and
Jammu
and
are
posing
serious
threat
to
national
security.
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