Kolkata: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday claimed that there are 1.25 crore illegal immigrants in the voters’ list of West Bengal, and all of them will be sent back following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the rolls.
Addressing a programme in Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district, Adhikari maintained that Hindus who migrated due to religious persecution need not be worried about the exercise.
“If around 50 lakh names were excluded in Bihar, Bengal could have as many as 1.25 crore such names. All Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in West Bengal will be pushed back after the SIR,” he said.
“Indian Muslims need not worry,” Adhikari said to reassure the minority community, who the ruling TMC is claiming are being targeted by the saffron brigade, if an SIR is held in the state.
Maintaining that the BJP stands firm with them, he said, “No Rohingya or Bangladeshi Muslim illegal immigrant, however, will be allowed to have their names in the electoral rolls in the state.”
Adhikari alleged that there are 2.15 crore jobless people in West Bengal, while alleging the flight of industries from the state.
“Why are there 60 lakh migrant labourers from the state working outside if the chief minister has provided work to all?” he asked.
Stating that the TMC supremo has asserted in the rally that her party will win more seats in the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls than the numbers it secured in 2021, Adhikari said, “I also challenge that she will be a former chief minister of the state after the next elections.”
