‘SIR’ forces ruling trinamool Congress “voters” flee to Bangladesh from West Bengal
By Raktim Das
The “vote bank” of Trinamool is fleeing to Bangladesh as soon as SIR is announced! BJP has made this serious allegation. The saffron camp made this claim in the wake of the sensational incident of domestic workers suddenly disappearing across large parts of North 24 Parganas recently.
Amit Malviya, the central BJP leader in charge of West Bengal, made this allegation saying,
Mamata Banerjee’s vote bank is fleeing! After the announcement of SIR, an unusual situation has emerged in North 24 Parganas. In Birati, Bisharpara and neighbouring areas adjoining Kolkata, a huge number of domestic workers have suddenly gone missing.
One such woman known as Rahima’s mother, who had been working in Birati for more than 25 years, disappeared right after the SIR announcement. When locals inquired, they learned that she had fled to Bangladesh! Many similar reports are coming from several houses in the district. Some have openly admitted that they are “returning to Bangladesh” and will come back only when the situation “stabilizes”.
For years, there have been allegations that the CPM and Trinamool governments have been sheltering and even politically backing these illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators on Bengal’s soil. Now, with the SIR process starting, they are packing their bags. Because this time, Mamata Banerjee will not be able to save them. They have no place in India — and certainly they are not in the voter list.
Meanwhile, the latest numbers from the BSF at the border on illegal infiltrators being caught while escaping to Bangladesh also support these allegations.
Right after the SIR announcement:
1 November:
15 Bangladeshis were detained during a night operation near Basirhat.
Similarly, in Hakimpur, at least 45 people including 11 children and 15 women were detained.
2 November:
Another 33 people were detained while attempting to enter Bangladesh and were handed over to Swarupnagar Police Station.
In the last three days alone, a total of 89 Bangladeshis have been arrested in North 24 Parganas district while trying to illegally cross the border.
An official of the Border Security Force (BSF) said,
“Most of those arrested worked as domestic workers and labourers in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and other parts of West Bengal. During verification, they were terrified of identification and tried to return to Bangladesh.”
Within days of the Election Commission’s formal announcement, the SIR process has stirred both the border areas and urban slums of West Bengal. This process is not just an initiative to clean the voter list; rather, it has brought to the surface a long-hidden reality: a huge number of Bangladeshi infiltrators have been secretly living in West Bengal, and SIR panic has triggered a massive reverse exodus — a widespread tendency to return to their homeland.
Political circles say that in the past few days, from border villages to the city, escape routes are opening up due to SIR panic. According to BSF and local sources at the border, with the announcement of SIR, huge numbers of people are attempting to cross the border in Hakimpur, Basirhat and other areas. Particularly at the Hekimpuk checkpoint, BSF reports that in just 15 days, nearly 1,500 Bangladeshi nationals have returned to their country.
It has been learned that those attempting border crossing are undergoing biometric verification; if they can show valid Bangladeshi documents, they are taken to holding camps and later handed over to Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB).
But this “returning” is not limited to border villages or riverbanks — local and urban areas are also emptying out. Investigations by various media outlets have revealed that families who have lived for years in Kolkata and adjacent areas — Birati, Madhyamgram, Rajarhat, New Town, Salt Lake — working as domestic help, construction labourers, shop workers or hawkers, are preparing to return to Bangladesh due to SIR panic.
A report by Organiser has revealed an alarming reality: many infiltrators possess Aadhaar cards, mobile SIMs, ration cards — yet their legal citizenship or visa status is unclear. This indicates that infiltrators are actively forging Indian documents or that there exists a network that helps them “pose as citizens” and illegally reside in India.
Moreover, according to reports from multiple media houses, some infiltrators were found with fully set-up ID cards and bank accounts — something not usually possible without organised help. These forged identities and structured documentation show that this is not simple migration, but a well-organised and long-term conspiracy to create permanent residents in India.
The Border Security Force has been on heightened alert in recent weeks. According to their data, 100–150 infiltrators are attempting to cross the border every day.
In the past few months alone, BSF has detained 48 Bangladeshis trying to cross the border out of fear of SIR.
BSF had earlier revealed that in the last three years, more than 5,000 illegal Bangladeshi nationals attempting to enter India through the Bengal border have been prevented.
Additionally, many parts of the Bengal-Bangladesh border lack complete fencing or include river routes, creating extra security challenges. During the SIR process, more people have been spotted in these zones, strengthening the assumption that infiltrators used these areas to escape or hide.
The SIR process is not just an administrative exercise; it is also a major political development. The central BJP has said that through SIR, long-standing illegal voters and infiltrators will be identified and the voter list will be “cleaned”.
Political analysts believe that SIR is not just voter list verification; rather, it is being introduced as a new demographic, political and security doctrine — one that will reshape both the security and political foundation of border states.
However, the SIR process clearly revealed that Bangladeshi infiltrators were not limited to border villages — they were hiding in the cities too, building long-term clandestine settlements through forged documents. The “reverse exodus” at the border and BSF’s arrest figures prove that many are returning out of fear; this is not just a change in the voter list, but a deep demographic shift and a security-related crisis.
