Assam Government on Monday informed the Assembly that it did not have any data whether any of the 29,800 “foreigners” deported to Bangladesh between 2016 and 2018 had returned to the State.
From May 2016, when the BJP led Government came to power in the State, and August 2018, a total of 29,800 people were declared foreigners living in Assam illegally and were deported, Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said.
He was replying on behalf of CM Sonowal who holds the Home portfolio, to starred questions of Ramendra Narayan Kalita of AGP and Nurul Huda of Congress. Asked if those who had been deported to Bangladesh came back to Assam, the
Minister said there is no data immediately available on this matter.