Issuing a firm rebuttal to TMC MP Saket Gokhale, UIDAI said the Aadhaar deactivations stemmed directly from death records supplied by the West Bengal state government itself, not from any internal fabrication or political maneuvering.
The Amar Sonar Bangla controversy is not about Tagore, not about culture, not about pride; it is about a ruling party that has mastered emotional distraction
West Bengal has one of the highest numbers of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country. In the last three years alone, 2,688 Bangladeshi nationals were caught and sent back.
The incident occured in Diamond Harbour city in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The victims, who are 10-12 in number and affiliated with the BJP, are now being treated at a private hospital.