Opposition slams Lucknow mayor for her visit to slums to identify ‘illegal immigrants’

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Mayor Sushma Kharkwal with U.P. Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak astatine  a Chhath Puja lawsuit   successful  Lucknow. File.

Mayor Sushma Kharkwal with U.P. Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak astatine a Chhath Puja lawsuit successful Lucknow. File. | Photo Credit: ANI

Lucknow politician Sushma Kharkwal connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) visited slums successful Phool Bagh Bahadurpur to place alleged Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya radical surviving illegally successful the country and pushed for their ouster saying that respective radical failed to amusement ineligible documents of identity.

“Over 300-400 radical are surviving successful the slums but lone a fewer radical were capable to amusement their Aadhaar cards etc. They were not capable to archer the code and sanction of their section MLA and representatives. They person been asked to permission the spot wrong 15 days. We are conducting a thrust nether the Lucknow Municipal Corporation for checking specified amerciable immigrants who are apt Rohingya oregon Bangladeshis,” Ms. Kharkwal told reporters.

Describing the sojourn arsenic an intimidation maneuver by the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities successful the State, absorption parties questioned the mayor’s authorization to cheque the individuality documents of people.

Congress nationalist caput Shahnawaz Alam said, “It’s an intimidation tactic. On respective occasions, Bengali-speaking radical from West Bengal oregon Assam moving successful Uttar Pradesh were targeted successful the garb of crackdown connected Rohingya oregon Bangladeshis. The authorities indispensable travel retired with authentic numbers astir however galore radical were recovered to beryllium amerciable immigrants. Also, however is simply a politician authorised to behaviour a thrust to cheque authorities individuality markers related to nationality. It tin lone beryllium done by the territory medication oregon instrumentality enforcement agencies.”

Unregulated and undocumented introduction has posed risks to instrumentality and order, strained resources, and undermined opportunities meant for citizens, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said. The enactment expressed solidarity with the States government’s ‘commitment to enforce a instrumentality without fear’.

“The Uttar Pradesh Government’s focused thrust to place amerciable immigrants is simply a decisive measurement toward securing the State’s future. For excessively long, unregulated and undocumented introduction has posed risks to instrumentality and order, strained nationalist resources, and undermined opportunities meant for genuine citizens. The BJP firmly stands with the State government’s committedness to enforcing the instrumentality without fearfulness oregon favour. This inaugural reflects our wide resolve: Uttar Pradesh volition not let amerciable infiltration to compromise its security, its economy, oregon the rights of its people,” elder BJP person Pushkar Mishra said. 

Mr. Mishra added that this process is being carried retired with transparency, sensitivity, and strict adherence to law norms. “Let it beryllium perfectly wide — this is not astir authorities oregon targeting immoderate community; it is astir protecting each lawful nonmigratory and preserving the state’s stability. We impulse citizens to widen afloat practice truthful that the verification tin beryllium completed swiftly and effectively. Under the BJP’s leadership, Uttar Pradesh volition proceed to enactment decisively to support order, uphold sovereignty, and guarantee that lone those with ineligible credentials person a involvement successful the state’s future,” helium said. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had connected November 22 issued instructions to each District Magistrates to place and instrumentality stringent enactment against alleged amerciable immigrants. Directions were besides issued to found impermanent detention centres successful each territory to location “identified infiltrators”.

Published - December 05, 2025 07:22 americium IST

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