Jammu: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said all states have been asked to conduct a survey of Rohingya Muslims living in the country, but have been cautioned against providing any legal documents to the community that would help the latter claim Indian citizenship.
He was responding to questions about the steps taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to deport the Rohingyas.
“Advisory was issued to all states that no document should be given to Rohingyas so that they claim citizenship of the country in future,” Singh said.
Singh said the process of deportation of the community would begin once the survey information from all the states reaches the ministry.
“After getting the information from the state govts about the number of Rohingyas, we will hand over the case to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). We will talk to the Myanmar for starting the process of thier deportation,” he said.
The MHA had written to all the states, asking them to identify the Rohingyas living in their respective states and a survey be conducted to know their numbers in order to start the deportation process.