Times of India: Mumbai: Saturday, 10Th January
2026
The Congress has alleged that departments of the central govt have passed the buck on providing details of detained and deported illegal Bangladeshi immigrants under the RTI Act. It said ruling party leaders made false allegations for political gain without any data available with the govt.
In Mumbai, AICC secretary
and Congress spokesperson in Maharashtra Sachin Sawant alleged that the Union
home ministry had no information available on how many Bangladeshis were caught
in Mumbai over the last three years and how many were deported.
Sawant shared the RTI reply details with the media on Friday and stated that, through an associate, they filed the RTI application online, addressed to the ministry of home affairs, and the reply stated that the information was not available with the foreign division and citizenship wing of the ministry of home affairs and may pertain to the bureau of immigration, New Delhi, and the same was transferred to the concerned department.
In the RTI application, the applicant sought the total number of Bangladeshi and Rohingya nationals detained for illegally staying in Mumbai in the past three years, and how many of them were deported, along with other related information.
Sawant stated that the govt undermined the RTI law, and the very ministry responsible for this subject said that the information was not available, and the RTI application was passed from one department to another.
In the recent past, many senior BJP leaders and ministers alleged that many illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya were staying in Mumbai, posing a security threat, but they did not provide any govt data to support their allegations.
Sawant alleged, "BJP repeatedly raising the issue of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in every election to create religious polarisation. Since the BMC elections began, BJP leaders Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Amit Satam once again tried to rake up Hindu–Muslim divisions. The question of how many Bangladeshis were caught in Mumbai over the last three years and how many were deported exposed the BJP's conspiracy through replies received under the RTI from the Union home ministry."
The Congress has alleged that departments of the central govt have passed the buck on providing details of detained and deported illegal Bangladeshi immigrants under the RTI Act. It said ruling party leaders made false allegations for political gain without any data available with the govt.
Sawant shared the RTI reply details with the media on Friday and stated that, through an associate, they filed the RTI application online, addressed to the ministry of home affairs, and the reply stated that the information was not available with the foreign division and citizenship wing of the ministry of home affairs and may pertain to the bureau of immigration, New Delhi, and the same was transferred to the concerned department.
In the RTI application, the applicant sought the total number of Bangladeshi and Rohingya nationals detained for illegally staying in Mumbai in the past three years, and how many of them were deported, along with other related information.
Sawant stated that the govt undermined the RTI law, and the very ministry responsible for this subject said that the information was not available, and the RTI application was passed from one department to another.
In the recent past, many senior BJP leaders and ministers alleged that many illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya were staying in Mumbai, posing a security threat, but they did not provide any govt data to support their allegations.
Sawant alleged, "BJP repeatedly raising the issue of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in every election to create religious polarisation. Since the BMC elections began, BJP leaders Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Amit Satam once again tried to rake up Hindu–Muslim divisions. The question of how many Bangladeshis were caught in Mumbai over the last three years and how many were deported exposed the BJP's conspiracy through replies received under the RTI from the Union home ministry."
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