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Over 1.70 lakh amerciable foreigners person been detected successful the State truthful acold nether provisions of the Assam Accord, portion astir 31,000 person been pushed backmost successful the past 40 years, the Assembly was informed connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026).
Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora besides stated that the fencing of the India-Bangladesh borderline successful Assam has been astir completed, but for a 4.35 km agelong objected to by the borderline guarding unit of the adjoining country.
Mr. Bora was replying to a question by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) legislator Ramendra Narayan Kalita connected the Assam Accord, signed connected August 15, 1985, astatine the extremity of a convulsive six-year-long question against amerciable Bangladeshis.
The pact stated, among different clauses, that the names of each foreigners coming to Assam connected oregon aft March 25, 1971, would beryllium detected and deleted from the electoral rolls, with steps taken to deport them. The immigrants who came to the State betwixt 1966 and 1971 volition get Indian citizenship.
The Minister said that arsenic per proviso of the Accord, 1,37,152 amerciable immigrants who entered the State post-1971 till December 31, 2025, and different 33,485 who came betwixt 1966 and 1971 person been identified and declared arsenic foreigners.
From 1985 to March 12, 2013, 29,663 amerciable foreigners were sent backmost to their state done ‘Push Back’ process.
Between March 13, 2013, and January 31, 2026, Bora said, 468 were sent backmost done the ‘Deportation’ process, of whom 458 were convicted foreigners and 10 declared foreigners.
Another 1,421 amerciable foreigners were ‘Sent Back’ arsenic per orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs betwixt February 1, 2025, and January 31, 2026.
Moreover, from December 20, 2025, to January 31, 2026, 51 declared foreigners and 1 caller amerciable migrant person been expelled from the state nether the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.
Regarding fencing of the border, Bora said Assam shares 267.5 km of bound with Bangladesh successful Dhubri, Soulth Salmara-Mankachar, Cachar and Sribhumi districts.
Barbed ligament fencing has been erected on 228.541 km, with a agelong of 4.35 km near retired successful Sribhumi territory owed to objections by the Border Guard Bangladesh. The remainder is the stream borderline betwixt the 2 countries, which is guarded done a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System by the Border Security Force (BSF), the curate added.
On the implementation of recommendations of Justice (retd) Biplab Sharma committee connected Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, Bora said the study was received by the authorities authorities connected behalf of the Centre, which had formed the panel. Clause 6 deals with assorted Constitutional safeguards for the radical of the state.
A bid of meetings person been conducted nether the chairmanship of the main curate with the departments associated with implementing Clause 6 and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), which was among the groups that had led the Assam Agitation and was a signatory of the Accord.
Bora said retired of 67 recommendations of the committee, 52 came nether the purview of the authorities authorities and enactment connected implementing these person already commenced.
“The Central authorities has been contacted for implementation of the 15 recommendations which travel nether its purview,” helium added.
Replying to a question by Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi, the curate said that assorted clauses of the Accord are being implemented by the Centre and authorities governments.
He added that a sub-committee was formed by the Assam Accord Implementation department, comprising 3 Cabinet Ministers and AASU representatives, to sermon the matter.
The sub-committee submitted its study to the authorities connected November 22, 2025, and steps are being taken for its implementation, Bora added.
The minister, responding to a question by the Congress’ Debabrata Saikia, said the Bangladesh borderline on Assam is guarded by 91 borderline outposts (BOPs) of BSF, 14 BOPs of the Assam Police arsenic a 2nd enactment of defence and 14 patrol posts.
Process is connected for mounting up an further 13 BOPs of Assam Police and 12 borderline constabulary stations.
