India, April 17 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday asserted that while BJP Governments in his State and Tripura do not allow infiltration from Bangladesh, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee "welcomes" illegal immigrants in Bengal.

Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates here at Alipurduar district bordering Assam, Sarma also claimed that the TMC Government does not allow fencing on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. "In Assam and Tripura, BJP Governments do not allow infiltration from Bangladesh, but (CM) Mamata Banerjee welcomes illegal immigrants in Bengal," he alleged. Sarma said a demographic change was underway in West Bengal owing to illegal immigration, and claimed that the population of Hi...