Dr Mominul Awal, senior spokesperson of Assam State BJP, on Saturday claimed that suspected Bangladeshi and Bangladeshi-origin Miya people are currently holding the key posts in nearly 30,000 mosques in the state.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre and nine States, including the Union Territory of Delhi, to a plea challenging the alleged detention and torture of Indian migrant workers, while the State authorities search for Bangladeshi immigrants.
So far, six miscreants have been apprehended. One of them, identified as Akram from Sherpur, Bangladesh, was captured by villagers but later succumbed to injuries during treatment.
Rejecting the bail application of a man alleged to be a Bangladeshi national, the Bombay High Court noted that Aadhaar, PAN, and Voter ID, without verification, cannot be treated as sufficient proof of citizenship.
Amid the ongoing large-scale eviction drive in various parts of Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that Congress was mourning for the infiltrators evicted during the encroachment drive.
Bhartiya Janta Party MP Saumitra Khan took a sharp jab at Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's allegations on the Election Commission, saying that Congress wants Indian to become a dharamshala where any Bangladeshi or Pakistani becomes a voter.
In an intensified action amidst the ongoing illegal eviction drive in Assam, the state police in the early hours of Friday pushed back 10 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators from the Sribhumi sector.
Reacting sharply to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement during her rally in Jhargram, that she would protest if genuine voters are removed from the electoral rolls, BJP MP and state president Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday that she is mistaken if she thinks she wil
In his notice, Tagore claimed that the official police report referred to Bengali as "Bangladeshi language", instead of recognising it as Bangla, a constitutionally recognised language under the Eighth Schedule in the Indian Constitution.
Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday alleged that his convoy was attacked in Cooch Behar district, and claimed the situation was grave enough that he might not have survived had he not been travelling in a bulletproof vehicle.
Speaking to reporters, Adhikari said, "The Court had granted permission for the LoP and five MLAs to meet the SP. During our arrival, and later in Khagarabari, my convoy was attacked under the leadership of Udayan Guha (TMC leader), a state minister, and in the presence of police. I was w