{"id":19490,"date":"2018-09-13T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=19490"},"modified":"2020-09-09T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T10:28:11","slug":"no-india-does-not-have-11-crore-rohingyas-or-8-crore-bangladeshi-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-india-does-not-have-11-crore-rohingyas-or-8-crore-bangladeshi-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"No, India does not have 11 crore Rohingyas or 8 crore Bangladeshi refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every party informed that petrol-diesel prices have risen. But why is it that only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) informed that the population of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in India has increased to 11 crores? (\u092a\u0947\u091f\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0932-\u0921\u0940\u091c\u0932 \u092c\u0922\u093c\u093e \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0917\u094d\u092f\u093e \u090f\u0935\u092e\u094d \u092c\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 11 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0947, \u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b BJP \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902?)\u2014read a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GAURAVBJP4INDIA\/status\/1303533083497500674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet by @GAURAVBJP4INDIA<\/a> who is followed by BJP Delhi leader Kapil Mishra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74924 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/1f8a669c-4a66-479e-9c76-7147975e6eaf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/1f8a669c-4a66-479e-9c76-7147975e6eaf.png 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/1f8a669c-4a66-479e-9c76-7147975e6eaf-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same message is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%2011%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral on Twitter<\/a>. It is also widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%2011%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMFxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMC0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIwXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMC0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjAtMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjAtMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulating on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19490 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-india-does-not-have-11-crore-rohingyas-or-8-crore-bangladeshi-refugees\/2f12ea60-59e3-4d6d-a7bd-2753f7c072a3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/2f12ea60-59e3-4d6d-a7bd-2753f7c072a3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/2f12ea60-59e3-4d6d-a7bd-2753f7c072a3.png 589w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/2f12ea60-59e3-4d6d-a7bd-2753f7c072a3-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-india-does-not-have-11-crore-rohingyas-or-8-crore-bangladeshi-refugees\/3c86f3fd-1964-403f-a41a-5a0b6a2b3331\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/3c86f3fd-1964-403f-a41a-5a0b6a2b3331.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/3c86f3fd-1964-403f-a41a-5a0b6a2b3331.png 515w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/3c86f3fd-1964-403f-a41a-5a0b6a2b3331-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Viral since 2018<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Petrol-diesel prices have risen a little and all opposition parties are protesting. Rohingyas have increased to 11 crores but everyone is quiet,&#8221; read a post shared by Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180913084547\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iSupportNamo\/posts\/2188869174467490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Support Narendra<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iSupportNamo\/posts\/2188869174467490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Modi<\/a> shared on September 10, 2018. It had been liked over 28,000 times and shared over 21,000 times before it was taken down. I Support Narendra Modi has over 1.5 crore followers and is run by Vikas Pandey whose social media presence is evidence of his closeness with several BJP leaders including PM Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The viral claim was initially circulated by a Facebook page that goes by the name Social Tamasha. At the time of writing this article, its share count was 3,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialTamasha\/posts\/689564244775942\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialTamasha\/posts\/689564244775942\"><p>\u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0917\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u092c \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0939\u0948, \u0906\u0916\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 ?<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialTamasha\/\">Social Tamasha<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialTamasha\/posts\/689564244775942\">Saturday, 8 September 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook pages and groups &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ab.Hoga.Asli.Nirman\/posts\/1149056838585285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Support Zee News,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaSudhirChaudharyFanClub\/posts\/744453442582971\">Rohit Sardana and Sudhir Chaudhary Fan Club<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/149874612308145\/permalink\/282550835707188\/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBCeietuKM9vu8ssYWeccmZyHGke6lbJw5KxKwh7-feNyOKpyUaO1xYQ00goazTxc1NhLe-OaIkj1CuHLGmk4cDUy5vJdk82WcFpCOlRZvDlaxg_PnicRjsFSkzAK-QYIIxZYLgOMj0Cu1ks5wKFWjezNIa4Jvduo0QaTBJc3UssAd4FjmN&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u092d\u093e.\u091c.\u092a\u093e : Mission 2019<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BJPSMediaTeam\/permalink\/2439902999577676\/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDEZ12n0PH8kaDPOTD5uh9T6ilMVSJ3tGR1ewCum9WEcyFpiD8Bz4rRpnzJMyrgqu2sU-FRF_25y_1UWLJUMLJ49eKCyxQFrPckuu5EJpWspHkl8ew0q3bwylSd-jNX84Qwg06oXJ2ox_GYMUkSp3LgtT3zlLeLgJEaKd4hZ1eomC2Y_Knp1w&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJP Social Media<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/bjpsamarthak\/permalink\/617341798734415\/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDWkzfKGUmEpO84qOnGrYiu0Tn2V4XGkeXY34kTws_8JPx_keRbOJSVSwTQ2K6xJZgGuaPXfnp6FJWvC5KTA4IL9BCGR2f-U53gFYJ_3KqJxLJmZCImGHtW8I6yY5BK5jURwT3jR-M0COoyYVVfibBQGy4UlCk_zjnRGduMJyQ932HO8rVj&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAMO Again In 2019 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 100 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u094b\u095c\u0947\u0902<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Vote4BJP.Group\/permalink\/1357572201066916\/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAatQJdbRcrnHwgHbQy-3DXDlotz5zfHJi7nHHjCc6SC9utF1kpER64EIfShVa6-dIZ9HjtQUougsaAIVTfH48WyWTHjjPGOZ8vv7eB70RibE1gNPd4YMOTA0vakv5cSB_HmPI4UbGCtsfpkXrkQEkdHOowBPd5YF1iYH0Jg54SsKATjUWgiA&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vote 4 BJP<\/a>\u00a0and several others &#8211;\u00a0also made the assertion but left out the word &#8220;Rohingya&#8221;. They implied that eight crore &#8220;Bangladeshis&#8221; are currently residing in India. Their posts have a combined share count of nearly 11,000.<\/p>\n<h4><b>False claim<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>There are two assertions that need to be authenticated here\u2014first, there 11 crore Rohingyas residing in India and second, eight crore Rohingyas and Bangladeshis currently refuged in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rohingyas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rohingyas are an Indo-Aryan population concentrated mainly in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Rohingyas, who are majorly Muslims in a Buddhist majority country, face persecution in their own land. Their statelessness has forced them to flee to neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and India.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/the-most-unwanted-a-gripping-account-of-rohingya-refugees-living-in-india-4464103\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 report<\/a> by The Indian Express, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org.in\/index.php?option=com_news&amp;view=detail&amp;id=50&amp;Itemid=117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">republished<\/a> by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately <strong>14,000<\/strong> Rohingya refugees in India are spread across six locations\u2014Jammu, Nuh in Haryana\u2019s Mewat district, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Chennai\u2014and 11,000 of them have been given Refugee Status certificates by the Indian government.<\/p>\n<p>Later in 2017, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijju <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41144884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">informed<\/a> the Parliament that the Rohingya population in India was\u00a0<strong>40,000\u00a0<\/strong>and that the country would make efforts to deport them all. He had further added that this number also included the 16,000 Rohingyas who were registered with the UN as refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in January, the Indian government deported a Rohingya family of five to Myanmar where they will &#8220;most certainly face human rights violation and imprisonment&#8221;, reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/india-rohingya-shame-190125104433377.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/news\/press\/2019\/1\/5c2f2a374\/unhcr-seeking-clarification-india-returns-rohingya.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNHRC had sought a clarification<\/a> from India over the deportation of Rohingyas. In October 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/rohingya-kill-india-deport-myanmar-181014215419540.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seven Rohingya men<\/a> were forcibly repatriated from the country.<\/p>\n<p>While the exact number of Rohingya migrants in India is difficult to ascertain, the figure cannot be as high as 11 crores as <strong>Myanmar itself has a total population of around <a href=\"http:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/countries\/myanmar-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5.3 crores<\/a><\/strong> and its internally displaced Rohingya population is around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/aug\/16\/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-camps-international-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 lakh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Border Security Force (BSF) director-general K.K. Sharma, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/9vyG6GV0HUjAZlbA2zrNoL\/No-largescale-influx-of-Rohingyas-into-India-says-BSF-chie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier<\/a> in September 2018 that there has not been any &#8220;large-scale influx of Myanmar-based migrants into India&#8221; in recent times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bangladeshis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Bangladesh&#8217;s 1971 war for independence, millions of Bengalis tried to escape persecution by the Pakistani army. An article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/05\/22\/archives\/bengali-refugees-in-squalor-in-india-bengali-refugees-living-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a01971 said that tens and thousands of Bangladeshi people, most of whom were Hindus, migrated to India. Back then, the Indian government estimated the influx to be around six to seven million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With no real data available for the numbers, politicians in India still insist that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh are taking away their jobs,&#8221; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-51575565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report in BBC<\/a> from February 2020. In 2004, then Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal claimed in the parliament that there were 12 million illegal Bangladeshis in India. He later retracted his comments. In 2016, the then Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju asserted that India houses 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. However, he did not provide any source.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/development\/desa\/population\/migration\/publications\/migrationreport\/docs\/MigrationReport2017_Highlights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 International Migration Report<\/a> released by the United Nations, Bangladesh had the largest number of stateless persons in the world which is approximately 906,000. Therefore, the number of refugees in India cannot be in crores.<\/p>\n<p>As part of border security talks between India and Bangladesh in September 2018, a delegation of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said that the country has not intercepted crossers in recent times. \u201cThere is no large-scale infiltration or migration of people from Bangladesh into India as residents of that country now enjoy a very good life and the few who cross-over do so due to old cultural and family ties,\u201d said BGB delegate Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/9vyG6GV0HUjAZlbA2zrNoL\/No-largescale-influx-of-Rohingyas-into-India-says-BSF-chie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Livemint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total number of refugees from all countries residing in India\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UN International Migration Report from 2017 stated that the total number of refugees from all countries residing in India is 5.2 million (52 lakh). This takes into account anyone living in a country different from their own, including refugees and economic migrants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19518\" style=\"width: 633px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19518 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/united-nations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/united-nations.png 633w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/united-nations-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/united-nations-534x420.png 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: United Nations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This figure has not undergone a drastic change as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/wmr_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 UN report<\/a>. In fact, India has the most number of migrants living abroad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74927 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/dc69b4f1-af8f-496e-bec5-6d8055cfc95d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/dc69b4f1-af8f-496e-bec5-6d8055cfc95d.png 872w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/dc69b4f1-af8f-496e-bec5-6d8055cfc95d-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/dc69b4f1-af8f-496e-bec5-6d8055cfc95d-768x610.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the Indian government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/assams-nrc-excluded-wait-anxiously-six-months-after-publication-of-final-list\/article30957931.ece#:~:text=The%20final%20draft%20of%20the,deporting%20foreigners%20or%20illegal%20immigrants.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excluded<\/a> 19 lakh people from Assam&#8217;s final list of citizens, most of whom were Muslims. While the Chief Minister assured that these people would be given a fair chance to prove their citizenship, popular sentiment regarded them as &#8220;illegal&#8221; Bangladeshi migrants. The government is yet to ascertain the identity of these people who are, as of now, not illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say, posts suggesting that India has 8-11 crore Rohingya and\/or Bangladeshi refugees are unsubstantiated. Moreover, it is ludicrous to ascertain that nearly 9% of the Indian population are illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Misinformation regarding refugees in India is commonplace on social media. Their numbers are often inflated to generate panic and fear-mongering. With unverified figures floating across portals, it is pertinent to be aware of the number of migrants seeking asylum in the country. In the age of the internet, hard knowledge often takes a backseat by rumours and half-baked information which are twisted to suit a motivated narrative.<\/p>\n<p><em>[This article was updated on September 9, 2020.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every party informed that petrol-diesel prices have risen. But why is it that only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) informed that the population of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in India has increased to 11 crores? 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