West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the Census 2027 exercise in West Bengal would be conducted between August 1 this year and the end of February next year, asserting that the headcount process had no connection with politics.
Stressing the importance of the exercise, the Chief Minister urged people across the state to participate in the census process.
“The census in Bengal will begin from August 1 and continue till midnight on February end next year. It has no connection with politics,” Adhikari said.
He said India had made considerable progress in census operations and claimed West Bengal needed to catch up with several other states.
“The country has moved far ahead in census operations, while we have remained behind,” the Chief Minister said.
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Adhikari also referred to alleged demographic changes in parts of the state, attributing them to cross-border infiltration from Bangladesh.
“We have a 600-kilometre-long unfenced border with Bangladesh. As the previous state government did not hand over land to BSF, fencing could not be done, which led to infiltration and a change in the demographic composition in parts of West Bengal,” he alleged.
The Chief Minister stressed that accurate census data was essential for governance and planning.
“This census drive is very important. I urge everyone in Bengal to take part in it,” Adhikari said.
He attended a meeting at Nabanna, the state secretariat in Kolkata, in connection with the first phase of the Census of India 2027 exercise.
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