Kolkata, Nov 24 (NationPress) The Governor of West Bengal, C.V. Ananda Bose, is on a tour of various districts in the state and plans to visit the Indo-Bangladesh border at Hakimpur in North 24 Parganas this coming Monday. This visit comes in light of reports indicating that illegal Bangladeshi migrants are returning to their homeland following the initiation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India on November 4.

Currently located in Nadia, which also shares a border with Bangladesh, the Governor will proceed directly to the Hakimpur border to assess the situation.

A representative from Raj Bhavan in Kolkata mentioned that he intends to speak with the illegal migrants gathered there to gain insights into how they crossed into West Bengal, the duration of their stay, and their means of livelihood.

Following his visit, the government may compile a report based on his observations to present to the Union Home Ministry upon his return to Kolkata.

On Tuesday, the Governor will continue his tour to the Murshidabad district, another area with a significant minority population and a border with Bangladesh.

Since the commencement of the SIR process, various border outposts along the Bangladesh frontier in West Bengal have seen an influx of illegal migrants returning, particularly at the Hakimpur border.

Leaders of the BJP in the state have asserted that this reverse migration underscores the necessity of the SIR to eliminate illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators from the state’s voters' list.

According to Suvendu Adhikari, the opposition leader in the West Bengal assembly, this trend of reverse migration also validates the opposition of the ruling Trinamool Congress to the SIR process from the outset.

Conversely, the Trinamool Congress argues that the SIR is merely a strategy by the BJP and the Union government aimed at implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal.