The Congress on Monday urged the government to take all parties into confidence, and not have a "blanket approach" to the Rohingya refugee crisis. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the matter was "very sensitive", and the government must act responsibly, while maintaining a balance between internal security and international obligations, while taking a call on the issue, reported PTI.
Collective Approach Needed for Rohingya Issue
It is incumbent and obligatory on the government to take every part of the political spectrum into confidence in a collective sense on this very important and sensitive matter.Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress Spokesperson to PTI
The Congress leader said such collective consultations would help the government decipher genuine national security problems.
Singhvi added that, “...We beseech the government not to use a blanket approach. We are made to understand that in the affidavit given to the Supreme Court, the government has suggested that it is not bound by any international treaty.”
Singhvi said that whether it was a technical point or a blanket approach, “you should be very guarded” because the government ultimately changes, parties and times change, but the country and the affidavit in the Supreme Court are permanent.
On the Centre's plea that the Rohingyas were involved in anti-national activities, Singhvi said this was a sensitive matter, and "all have to be restrained and responsible about this".
(With inputs from PTI)
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