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India has sent implicit a 1,000 diplomatic notes (notes verbale) and 456 “consolidated reminders” to Dhaka since September 2020 regarding the repatriation of suspected amerciable Bangladeshi immigrants but has not received “an actionable response”, a diplomatic papers has stated.
The numbers were mentioned successful the enactment verbale that the External Affairs Ministry sent to Dhaka connected April 30, hours aft the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh summoned the Indian envoy to protestation against remarks made by Assam’s past Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He had claimed successful a media interrogation that nether his government, Indian borderline guards were “pushing in” suspected Bangladeshi individuals done unguarded parts of the onshore border.
“It is of enactment that implicit 1,137 Notes Verbale seeking nationality verification and 456 consolidated reminders person been sent successful this period,” the Ministry said successful the diplomatic enactment of April 30, which The Hindu has reviewed.
2,862 cases
“A bulk of these communications person not received an actionable response,” it said, adding that “Since September 2020 Bangladesh has not extended the indispensable practice to India for nationality verification of implicit 2,862 cases of amerciable Bangladeshis successful India…”
It said “all measures undertaken by the Government of India for the repatriation of amerciable Bangladeshi nationals are successful adherence to Indian laws and procedures, successful tandem with established bilateral arrangements”.
The Indian allegation of amerciable Bangladeshi migration was spotlighted connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) erstwhile Randhir Jaiswal, the spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, referred to the substance arsenic the “core issue” successful bilateral ties.
“These comments indispensable beryllium seen successful the discourse of the halfway contented of repatriation of amerciable Bangladeshis from India. This requires practice from Bangladesh. Over 2,862 cases of nationality verification are pending with Bangladesh, immoderate for implicit 5 years,” Mr. Jaiswal said during a play property briefing.
He was responding to remarks by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed who had said that Dhaka would instrumentality “adequate measures” if attempts astatine “push in” from the Indian broadside were to instrumentality place, particularly against the backdrop of the triumph of the BJP successful the Assembly elections successful West Bengal and Assam. The contented of amerciable migration was raised aggressively by the BJP during the predetermination campaign.
Significantly, the look “core issue” was besides utilized successful the enactment verbale of April 30, which came conscionable 4 days earlier the predetermination results successful the 2 States were declared. The enactment verbale urged the Bangladeshi authorities “to redirect absorption of the acrophobic authorities successful Bangladesh to addressing the halfway contented of pending verification and repatriation of each amerciable Bangladeshi nationals successful India”.
