With heightened scrutiny of West Bengal’s border security following arrests of alleged terror operatives over the past fortnight, the heated debate over “illegal migration” from Bangladesh has undergone a curious rhetorical inversion. Stung by the criticism, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary, launched a scathing counter-attack on the Union government and the Border Security Force (BSF). Their charge: central complicity in allowing illegal immigration from Bangladesh through Bengal’s porous borders to “destabilise the state”.
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