West Bengal: Purge Bangladeshis from voters list, says BJP
West Bengal BJP termed CM
Mamata Banerjee
's march as an attempt by TMC for 'legitimisation of illegal immigrants'.
In a counter to the CM, leader of opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, marched to the office of the state chief electoral officer along with about 40 BJP MLAs and demanded Bengal's voter rolls be cleared of Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators.
In a counter to the CM, leader of opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, marched to the office of the state chief electoral officer along with about 40 BJP MLAs and demanded Bengal's voter rolls be cleared of Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators.
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