Mithun Chakraborty Backs SIR, Says Hindus from Neighbouring Countries Should Get Shelter, Citizenship

By A Staff Reporter

DAKSHIN DINAJPUR, WEST BENGAL — BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday held a meeting with party workers in Dakshin Dinajpur where he voiced strong support for the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and called for shelter and citizenship for Hindus from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. 

During the gathering, Mithun said Indian Muslims would continue to exercise their voting rights, but those who are not Indian would be identified and removed from the electoral rolls under SIR, a process he described as aimed at excluding “foreign” or “illegal” voters rather than targeting citizens. He accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of creating fear around the exercise and protecting alleged “fake” voters. 

The BJP leader also asserted his party’s intent to provide refuge and eventual citizenship to persecuted Hindus from neighbouring countries, and said such people should be granted voting rights once regularised — a stance that has been echoed by several BJP figures in recent months as the SIR exercise gained political salience in West Bengal.