All Pakistan citizens staying illegally be identified: Sukanta Majumdar
The Hindu
West Bengal Police arrest Pakistani woman overstaying in India for 45 years, BJP demands deportation of illegal immigrants.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday (May 4, 2025) demanded that all Pakistan citizens staying illegally in the country, including in West Bengal, be identified and sent back to their native country.
He said that the arrest of a Pakistani woman after allegedly staying in West Bengal's Chandannagar for around 45 years goes on to show "lax surveillance" on such illegalities in the State.
West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani national from Hooghly district for allegedly overstaying in India for 45 years after arriving on a tourist visa in 1980.
"We want all Pakistan citizens staying illegally in the country, including in Bengal, be identified, apprehended and sent back to their native country," Majumdar, who is also the BJP's West Bengal state president, said at a press conference in Dakshin Dinajpur district's Balurghat town.
"We (BJP) will hold demonstrations with the demand in front of all district headquarters on Monday before giving the deputation," Mr. Majumdar said.
The Union Minister of State for Education said that deputation will be given to the district magistrates in all district headquarters in West Bengal on Monday and a request will be made that copies of it be sent to the President of India and the chief minister of West Bengal.
Asked how many people were likely to be staying in Bengal, he said the state government has not come up with any figure.
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