"We are suffering illegal migration in this country of millions": V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar

Interacting with the students of NIT Raipur, IIT Bhilai, and IIM Raipur on the theme- "Ideas for building Better Bharat" at Raipur today, Dhankhar said, "We are suffering illegal migration in this country of millions. If you go to count their number, mind-boggling, that illegal migration has to be dealt with. But it developed, without even a token of resistance. It is a problem we will have to handle because it is taking shape of unmanageable dimensions".

"No nation can suffer. Millions of illegal migrants have the potential to upset our electoral mechanism. They find easy supporters. When people think in terms of petty politics, we must always put the nation first. An illegal migrant in a country has no justification. If it is in millions, look at the impact it has on our economy. They strain our resources, our employment, our health sector, and our education sector. A resolution to this monstrous problem of illegal migrants in millions can no longer bear solution. Every passing day would make the resolution complex. We need to address this issue", he added.

Answering a question from a student during the interaction, Dhankhar stressed that the nation needs quality politicians and the youth of this country must be worried when the public representatives are not doing their job and engage in disturbance and disruption instead of dialogue and deliberation. He also called upon the youth to generate pressure on public representatives through social media and other platforms so that they do their duty.

Expressing his concern over demographic explosions and orchestrated conversions, Dhankhar said, "Threats are emerging for our Nationalism in the form of demographic disruptions. Demographic disruption is very serious. Organic demographic evolution is soothing and harmonious, but if the demographic explosion takes place, only to destabilize democracy, it's a matter of concern. Then we have the orchestration of conversions through allurements. It is everyone's supreme right to decide for oneself, but if that decision is moderated by allurement, by temptation with an object to change the organic demography of the nation, it is a concern which we all must take note of".

Drawing attention towards those opposing the constitutional obligation of UCC Dhankhar said, " UCC, Uniform Civil Code. For those of you who are aware of constitutional provisions, it is in directive principles. An obligation has been cast on governance to have a law, have a uniform civil code. One state, Uttarakhand has done it. How can you object to something which is written in our Constitution ? which is part of Directive Principles of State Policy? We cannot be influenced day in and day out, only by the narrow considerations of the voting patterns. The framers of the Constitution were very wise and very focused. They gave us certain fundamentals, but they indicated that as democracy matures, as we progress, We must also realize for our people certain goals, one of them is the Uniform Civil Code."

Stressing the need for different organs of the state to work in their respective domain, Dhankhar underlined, "Another area of concern is that a fashion has become that every Institution or individual will be advising the other Institution how to handle its affairs. That is not the scheme of constitutional working. The Constitution has a defined role for every Institution. Those in the Legislature cannot advise the Judiciary on how to write judgments. That is the role of the Judiciary. Similarly, no Institution can advise day-in and day-out Legislature on how to conduct its affairs. Constitutional wisdom lies that we respect each other's territory. All are committed to serving the nation at last, and therefore, the best way to serve the nation is that every Institution, the Legislature, the Executive, and the Judiciary function in their well-defined roles".

"The people of this country have given us the Constitution. Our sovereignty is inviolable. An inalienable facet is an executive governance that is constitutionally sanctified, reflecting the will of the people. If Vishnu Sai, Vishnu Deo Sai, is a Chief Minister, the election has taken place through the Electoral System, through people's verdict. It is his and his team's job to engage in executive governance because the team is accountable to the law and the people. The rationale is that those who are accountable to the people engage in the executive role. The executive role can neither be outsourced, nor it can suffer that it is overtaken by some other agency. In exclusivity, executive governance lies only with the government. If executive functions are performed by any other institution, including the legislature or judiciary, that is antithetical to constitutionalism, that does not work for the country. There is no justifiable premise where executive actions can be overtaken by others....Our constitution envisions in categorical terms each institution has to play a specific role while respecting others. Let institutions restrain and respect, not institutional interference. Democracy must be defined by restraint and mutual respect".

Emphasising political consensus and dialogue among political parties, Dhankhar said, "We need to concretise solutions by political, consensual approach through meaningful dialogues amongst political parties. There will be several political parties, they will have different ideologies, and they will have different perceptions about the success route but there are some issues on which there has to be a unifying fabric, unity, a consensual approaches like nationalism, development and security. Our ancient institutions of Shastrartha and Vaad-Vivad? Demonstrate how profound differences were resolved through structured dialogue where the goal was not victory or defeat, but the goal was to find the truth and collective wisdom. That is what the nation wants. Nations are built on consensus, on the commitment of everyone".

Stating that destruction of public property and challenge to public order can not be countenanced, the Vice-President said, "How can in this country of 1.4 billion, with civilisation ethos of the kind we have, there can be people who challenge public order? People who destroy public property?In your state also, Vande-Bharat was stormed. How can we overlook and countenance such kind of nuisance, such kind of elements? These must be dealt with very severely in an exemplary manner. They must be made accountable financially but every young man, boy and girl is entitled to name and shame them. You are the power of social media today. How can we allow a citizen of this country to stone a train? To set fire to a government building or a government vehicle? Or even a private vehicle? How can anyone take the law into one's own hands? And how can anyone in the political arena give fuel to it? Thinking mind like young people like you have to take care such wanton destruction of public property does us no honour".

Ramen Deka, Governor of Chhattisgarh, Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vijay Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Tokhan Sahu, Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Suresh Haware, Chairman BoG, NIT, PS Mishra, CMD, SECL, Prof Rajiv Prakash, Director IIT Bhilai, Prof RK Kakani, director IIM, Raipur, Prof NV Ramana Rao, Director NIT Raipur, students, faculty members and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion. (ANI)