Detected and deleted, infiltrators will be deported soon: Suvendu
Times of India | 19 May 2026
Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that "detection and deletion" had already been done and state govt will soon start to "deport", pointing at driving out alleged illegal immigrants from Bengal. He also said that state govt had started processes for census, which was delayed by the previous govt.
"First we detected in the voters' list, then we deleted from the list and now the time has come for deportation," Adhikari said while addressing a gathering at Vardaan Market area in Kolkata's Camac Street. No timeline, however, was mentioned.
Citing Tiljala, Adhikari spoke on state govt's drive against illegal construction. "You have seen the action in Tiljala. They have moved the court and they are free to do that. There is no building plan with them and we will not allow such things any more. They will have to pay the price for what they have done in Park Circus. They vandalised a police phari in Asansol. There will be 200% consequences," the CM said.
Adhikari went on to say that there has been perceptible change in Bengal in the past few days. "Sikhs are exempted from wearing helmets. Rest of the population has to wear helmets. A change can be seen and long queues could also be seen to purchase helmets. The communities should keep loudspeakers confined to religious premises. A lot of work will be done soon," he said.
Earlier in the day, Adhikari held his first public grievance outreach programme — ‘Janatar Darbar' — at the Salt Lake BJP office.
The programme, scheduled to be held every Monday, will be conducted both at the party headquarters and at administrative level.
"We have started this programme from the party office. This is a programme where people will speak to us directly," Adhikari said while being accompanied by BJP general secretaries Locket Chatterjee and Shashi Agnihotri at the meeting. He then went on to hold his second cabinet meet.