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West Bengal: Purge Bangladeshis from voters list, says BJP

IndiaTimes Thursday, 17 July 2025 ()
West Bengal BJP criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's march. They called it an effort by TMC to legitimize illegal immigrants. Suvendu Adhikari, leader of opposition, led a counter-march. He and 40 BJP MLAs went to the state chief electoral officer. They demanded the removal of Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators from Bengal's voter lists.
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