Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Saturday (November 8, 2025) claimed that the UPA government had sent back 88,000 “infiltrators” during its 10-year tenure at the Centre while the Union government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had only found 2,400 people in 11 years, as he criticised the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Addressing a press conference in Bhopal, Mr. Singh said, “The BJP talks about infiltrators during the Bihar [Assembly] election. But what is the reality? During the UPA regime between 2004 and 2014, about 88,000 such people who were not Indian citizens were moved out of the country. But in the 11 years, the BJP has only been able to find 2,400 infiltrators.”

“This means that they have only found l

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