The BJP claims that SIR was implemented in the state to remove infiltrators' names from the voter list. However, even after the draft voter list was published on Tuesday, the Election Commission has not provided any clear statistics on how many infiltrators are in the state. In this situation, two Trinamool Congress MPs, Jagadishchandra Barma Basunia and Sharmila Sarkar, had sought statistics from the central government to know the number of infiltrations into the country since 2014.
Based on their questions, the centre provided specific statistics on infiltration from various countries.
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According to government data presented in the Lok Sabha, the highest number of infiltrators has been detained at the India-Bangladesh border. This is followed by Myanmar, Pakistan, and the Nepal-Bhutan borders. However, the central government has claimed in Parliament that no infiltration incidents have occurred at the India-China border since 2014.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that 20,806 infiltrators have been arrested from India's international borders with Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Nepal-Bhutan over the past ten years, from 2014 to 2024. This year, from January to November, 3,120 infiltrators have been arrested at these borders.
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Among these, a maximum of 18,851 infiltrators have been arrested at the India-Bangladesh border. At the India-Myanmar border, 1,165 people, at the India-Pakistan border, 556 people, and at the India-Nepal and Bhutan borders, 234 people have been arrested.
This year alone, until November, 2,556 people have been arrested at the India-Bangladesh border, 437 at the India-Myanmar border, 49 at the India-Pakistan border, and 78 at the India-Nepal-Bhutan border.
