BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar claimed that “Bangladeshi Muslims” and “Rohingyas” are being granted citizenship, alleging that their inclusion as voters would benefit the Trinamool Congress. He claimed that a population he described as 26 per cent had occupied 30 per cent of the territory and was rapidly increasing under the slogan “hum paanch, humara pachees,” accusing politicians of facilitating their settlement in Bengal for votes and power. Citing the Murshidabad violence, he alleged the presence of “anti-national forces” and asserted that such individuals’ names should not appear in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.