"Many critics have pointed out that linking irregular migration to threats against jobs and tribal land rights was nothing but a ruse to justify targeting populations perceived as outsiders especially in the Indian states that share borders with Bangladesh. Infiltrations an issue, says government India's Home Ministry said that irregular migration from Bangladesh remained a top security concern, with most apprehensions recorded along the West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya borders."
"Many people most of them reportedly Muslim have been detained or expelled to neighboring Bangladesh. Writer and journalist Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, who has chronicled the issue closely, said the demography mission announcement follows closely on the heels of the Election Commission's revisions of electoral rolls in Bihar one of India's largest states by population, making it a key election battleground. "The core rationale behind both efforts chillingly converges to undermine the legitimacy of a substantial segment of"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a high-powered demography mission to address irregular migration and described it as a "conspiracy." The ruling BJP frames immigrants from Muslim-majority Bangladesh as a national security crisis and claims Muslim "infiltration" is causing a demographic shift. Modi said infiltrators steal livelihoods, target women, mislead tribals, and capture land, adding that this will not be tolerated. Detailed operational plans have not been made public. The Home Ministry lists irregular migration as a top security concern along borders with West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya, prompting identification and deportation efforts and detentions, mostly of Muslims.
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