New Delhi, March 19 -- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday accused Congress of giving a "free hand" for illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to enter India, alleging "vote bank" politics.

Speaking to ANI, Dubey cited the 1972 India-Bangladesh Trade Agreement and accused Congress of allowing Bangladeshi "infiltrators" into the country. He called the trade agreement a "compromise."

He said, "The biggest problem right now, the problem due to which we, the people of Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Assam, Tripura and even the people of Mumbai, Delhi, and Gujarat are troubled, is the Bangladeshi infiltrators. Approximately, around 5-8 crore, maybe even 10 crore people came from Bangladesh. Our tribal population, which used to be 45 per cent according ...