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India connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) called for Bangladesh’s practice implicit repatriation of amerciable immigrants successful India, pressing for nationality verification.
“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 2862 cases of nationality verification are pending with Bangladesh, immoderate for implicit 5 years,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said successful a play briefing by the MEA.
Mr. Jaiswal was responding to the question connected Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s connection pursuing BJP’s triumph successful West Bengal elections. Mr. Rahman, erstwhile asked astir the reports of a “push in” by Indian borderline guards of individuals into Bangladesh said, “When the Chief Minister of Assam said akin things and admitted helium had taken definite actions, you saw that we powerfully protested. We volition instrumentality immoderate measures are indispensable connected that issue.”
Commentator Altaf Parvez, penning successful starring daily Prothom Alo besides said that the BJP’s triumph successful West Bengal (and the instrumentality of the Himanta Biswa Sarma authorities successful Assam ) has accrued “saffron pressure” connected some the eastbound and occidental parts of Bangladesh’s borders with India. This “saffron pressure” is an indirect notation to accusations made by BJP leaders successful Assam and West Bengal astir alleged amerciable migration from Bangladesh to India.
“Our argumentation is that each amerciable overseas nationals staying successful India indispensable beryllium repatriated arsenic per our laws, process and established bilateral arrangements,” Mr. Jaiswal said successful the briefing.
“We expect Bangladesh to expedite nationality verification truthful that repatriation of amerciable immigrants tin instrumentality spot successful a creaseless manner,” helium added.
20 amerciable immigrants apprehended successful Assam
20 overseas nationals were apprehended successful Assam and pushed backmost to Bangladesh connected April 26, 2026, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He, however, did not stock details astir the determination wherever they were nabbed oregon their nationality. “Assam volition fight, Pushbacks volition continue,” Mr. Sarma asserted.
