Addressing a public rally in West Bengal, BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that it was due to the Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators that chief minister Mamata Banerjee was opposing CAA and NRC as she banks on their votes
Cooch Behar: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has said that the two crore Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators entered India will not be allowed to stay here.
"Two crore Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators have entered India, one crore is in West Bengal, and one crore is spread across the country. We will not allow any Bangladeshi Muslims to stay here. If their names are in the voters' list then it will be removed," said Ghosh during a public rally.
His statement came after he had stated that 50 lakh Muslim infiltrators will be identified and chased out of the country if needed.
Addressing a rally in the North 24 Parganas district, he had said, "50 lakh Muslim infiltrators will be identified, if needed they will be chased out of the country."
Cornering West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for opposing Citizenship Amendment law and NRC, he said, "Firstly, the names of Muslim infiltrators will be removed from voters' list then didi (in reference to Mamata Banerjee) cannot appease anyone."
He said there would be a reduction in the number of votes to Banerjee in the 2021 state assembly elections following the process of removing infiltrators' names from the voters' list.
"Once this is done didi's votes will be reduced, and in the coming elections, we will get 200 seats, she will not even get 50 seats," he said.
The CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.
Last Updated Jan 22, 2020, 10:41 AM IST