Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday announced that the state government will take strict action against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Mumbai, including the verification and cancellation of Aadhaar cards and other government documents allegedly obtained fraudulently.
“We have to make Mumbai Bangladeshi-free. Wherever there are Bangladeshis, they have taken some Aadhaar cards, some government documents. That will be investigated, and all those documents will be verified and cancelled and Bangladeshis will be sent back,” Shinde said, signaling a zero-tolerance approach.
Shinde’s statement comes shortly after newly elected Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde made similar remarks, emphasizing that removing illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya hawkers would be a priority of her tenure. Tawde said she plans to convene joint meetings with police and civic officials to identify and remove hawkers who have allegedly encroached on city roads.
However, the announcements have sparked political criticism. AIMIM leader Waris Pathan accused the BJP and the new civic leadership of promoting “hateful language” instead of addressing pressing city issues.
“She has started using hateful language as soon as she came to power. There is no data on how many Bangladeshi infiltrators have been detained or arrested,” Pathan said. He added that Mumbai is struggling with rising air pollution, crumbling infrastructure, and other quality-of-life concerns, warning that politicizing these issues could distract from governance and civic administration.
Tawde was elected unopposed as Mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) earlier this week, ending the Shiv Sena’s 25-year dominance of the civic body and marking the BJP’s return to Mumbai’s top municipal post after 44 years. Shinde Sena corporator Sanjay Ghadi was also elected Deputy Mayor unopposed, completing the leadership team for the new administration.
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