West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) said that Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman who was deported to Bangladesh with her eight-year-old son, was pushed back into Bangladesh despite an Indian citizen by the Border Security Force (BSF). Ms. Banerjee also claimed that the Trinamool Congress fought to bring her back home.
“How are Indian citizens being labelled Bangladeshi? Was Sonali Khatun Bangladeshi? She was Indian. Despite her having Indian [documents] you pushed her to Bangladesh by the Border Security Force,” the Chief Minister said targeting the BJP-led Centre, during her rally at the Gazole college ground in Malda on Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
After Supreme Court intervention, Centre agrees to take back pregnant woman, child deported to Bangladesh
She claimed that while the Supreme Court gave an order for her to be brought back, it was her party that took Ms. Khatun’s case to court and fought for her return.
Hours before Ms. Banerjee’s speech, the Union Government agreed to bring Ms. Khatun and her minor son back from Bangladesh on “humanitarian grounds” after the Supreme Court’s intervention.
