{"id":12320,"date":"2026-04-16T15:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:24:19","slug":"130310655-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12320","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fence Bangladesh border\u2019: Himanta Sarma accuses Mamata Banerjee of allowing infiltration in Bengal | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130310738,imgsize-1840849,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/himanta-biswa-sarma-left-mamata-banerjee-ani.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Fence Bangladesh border\u2019: Himanta Sarma accuses Mamata Banerjee of allowing infiltration in Bengal\" title=\"Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee \">Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/assam-chief-minister\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Assam chief minister<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/himanta-biswa-sarma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/a> on Thursday said it is important to fence West Bengal\u2019s border with Bangladesh, alleging that \u201cinfiltrators\u201d from the neighbouring country are entering the state under Mamata Banerjee\u2019s watch.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Campaigning in the poll-bound state days after elections were held in Assam, which borders West Bengal, the BJP leader expressed confidence that the party would emerge victorious in both.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>\u201cOur only concern is why Bangladeshis should be allowed to enter our country. Mamata Banerjee does not allow us to stop them from entering. It is very important to fence the border, especially in West Bengal,\u201d Sarma told reporters after addressing a public rally.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cWe will get 100 seats in Assam and 200 in West Bengal,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Sarma also criticised Banerjee over alleged cow smuggling in West Bengal, asserting that the BJP would curb it if voted to power. He further maintained that meat has never been banned in BJP-ruled states.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cEvery day, an animal sacrifice ritual is performed at Maa Kamakhya (temple in Guwahati), but meat has not been banned in Assam. Mamata ji fears that when the BJP comes to power, meat will be banned. There are BJP governments in Assam and Bihar, but meat is not banned. She fears that with the BJP coming to power, cow smuggling in her state will stop,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Polling in West Bengal will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29. In the first phase, 152 of the 294 assembly constituencies will go to the polls, with the remaining seats voting in the second phase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Counting of votes will take place on May 4 for both Assam and West Bengal, along with Kerala, Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The BJP has been in power in Assam since 2016 and is aiming for a hat-trick. It is the principal opposition party in West Bengal, where Banerjee\u2019s All India Trinamool Congress, in power since 2011, is seeking a fourth consecutive term.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/very-important-to-fence-bangladesh-border-himanta-sarma-accuses-mamata-banerjee-of-allowing-infiltration-in-west-bengal\/articleshow\/130310655.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4476,29873,724,723,3480,719,720,721,29872,722,18391],"class_list":["post-12320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-assam-chief-minister","tag-bangladesh-border-fencing","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-himanta-biswa-sarma","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-mamata-banerjee-infiltration","tag-today-news","tag-west-bengal-elections-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}