Terming the issue of “illegal Bangladeshis” as a major issue against which the Maharashtra Government has taken up a drive, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday (January 13, 2026) that an AI tool is being developed along with IIT-Bombay to identify “illegal Bangladeshis”.
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“Right now, work on the tool is going on. It currently has a success rate of up to 60%,” he said during a conversation with select journalists at the Chief Minister’s official residence ‘Varsha’. He added that the State government has taken up a major drive to remove “illegal Bangladeshis” from Mumbai, and that the drive will continue after the elections as well.
While speaking about the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections in Maharashtra, he predicted that the BJP-led Mahayuti will register a victory at 26-27 of the 29 Municipal Corporations going to polls on January 15, 2026.
When asked about the impact of these elections on the 2029 polls, he said the BJP has already proven itself to be the Number 1 party, but these elections will make BJP a major pole in Maharashtra in 2029. “Thereafter, politics will revolve around BJP,” he said.
