Infiltrators lurking across the border, will send them back from the same way they enter: Adhikari

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday (November 9, 2026) said that infiltrators are lurking across the border and promised to send them back the same way they try to enter into India.

Mr. Adhikari spent Diwali afternoon with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal.

After touring the area on a BSF speedboat in the Ichhamati river that serves as a border between India and Bangladesh, the CM said that he could see no fencing on the Bangladesh side and infiltrators lurking along the border. “Bangladeshis are there. If they find a gap, they will enter India in a hurry,” he said.

Mr. Adhikari said lakhs of infiltrators have been pushed back into Bangladesh after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power. “We will search infiltrators and send them back from the very same way they are coming. Search will go on for 15 kilometres from the border,” he said.

The BJP government came to power in West Bengal on the promise of pushing back infiltrators and the BJP government has been making claims of sending back thousands of infiltrators.

Blaming the previous Trinamool Congress government for non-cooperation with the BSF, Mr. Adhikari said that a wonderful coordination has been achieved between the West Bengal police and the BSF under his government.

“I, as the chief minister of the state, apologise to you for the derogatory remarks and behaviour of the previous regime towards BSF and CRPF,” he said.

The BJP government in West Bengal has handed over about 1,777 acres of land across nine border districts to the BSF for fencing and setting up outposts along the India-Bangladesh border.

India shares a 4,096-kilometre border with Bangladesh, of which about 2,216 km lies along West Bengal.

The Chief Minister said that most of issues have been sorted and land for erecting fencing along Ichhamati has been given. Mr. Adhikari said West Bengal’s Department of Irrigation and Waterways will construct the fencing along the 71-kilometre stretch of river.

He said that his government will introduce ‘Seema Mitra’ award for the BSF, the SSB and State police personnel from 2027 to recognise their exceptional work related to guarding the country’s border. He said a selection committee will be set up to decide the awardees from the forces.