Last month, at least 22 Bangladeshis (12 women) illegally staying in the state were apprehended in Maharastra's Arnala area in Palghar district, roughly 60 kilometres away from Mumbai.
On 4th August 2005, when Banerjee was in the Opposition and the state was under communist rule, she held very different views on the issue. She had thrown papers at the deputy speaker and had raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants obtaining voter id cards in her state.
Patowary said that 12% of work-related to the scanning of 'speaking order' was left and that rejection slips would be issued after the work gets completed around March 20.
Bangladeshi students told to leave India for activities against the government. Viswa Bharati student Afsara Meem, a Bangladesh national, had allegedly participated in anti-CAA protests.