‘1 crore Bangladeshi Muslims, Rohingyas’: Suvendu Adhikari calls for Bihar-like SIR in Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari

Amid the ongoing political row over Bihar SIR exercise, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari called for a similar electoral roll revision in West Bengal, claiming “there are one crore Rohingya immigrants and Bangladeshi Muslim voters in West Bengal.”

Speaking to news agency ANI, Suvendu called for immediate action by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and urged them to remove such illegal voters from the list.

"There are nearly one crore Rohingya immigrants, Bangladeshi Muslim voters, deceased voters, duplicate entries, and fake voters in West Bengal. The Election Commission of India should remove these names to ensure the credibility of the voter list," Adhikari said.

Adhikari, who was leading a 'Kanya Suraksha Yatra' last week , told mediapersons that the TMC administration was aiding and abetting infiltrators from across Bangladesh to settle in the state at the cost of national security.

"If you travel across certain parts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Malda, you will be stunned to witness the rapid demographic change in vast areas of the state. If we don't act now, the state will have to be rechristened as West Bangladesh. BJP will not let that happen," the leader of the opposition of West Bengal Assembly said.

He asserted that the BJP has nothing against Indian Muslims, but will do everything "to drive out Bangladeshis and Rohingiyas." Adhikari supported the idea of a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state "to delete the names of over 17 lakh Bangladeshi/Rohingiyas" from the voter list before the 2026 assembly polls.

"The TMC is trying to stall the implementation of SIR to ensure its return to power by unfair means. But I am sure that the Mamata Banerjee government will be dislodged from power by the people of Bengal this time," he asserted.