The specific deportation counts are real per Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha answers. They do not prove overall inaction — border pushbacks, improved fencing, and stricter verification replaced many formal deportations after 2014.

(links in Reddit post) | data compiled from MHA annual reports 2020-2024 and LS/RS replies; post-2019 often lists lower FRRO/overstayer figures (e.g. 2021:163 in some compilations) while border "push-ins/handovers are reported separately (e.g. ~1,351 in 2019). - mha.gov.in (2018) Details of Bangladeshi nationals deported to Bangladesh during the last five years are as follows : 2013 5234, 2014 989, 2015 474, 2016 308, 2017 51. - MHA reply to LS question (14 Mar 2018) (2018-03-14) Country-wise deportation of foreigners by Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) during the period 2017-2019 ... Bangladesh 51 (2017), 445 (2018), 299 (2019). - MHA reply to RS question No. 44 (05 Feb 2020) (2020-02-05) the minister informed the Rajya Sabha that the number of Bangladeshis deported from the country had been declining over the last 3 years. While 14,916 Bangladeshis were deported in 2005, 13,692 were deported in 2006 and 12,135 in 2007. - The Economic Times (2008-10-31) the UPA government deported 88,792 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh between 2005 and 2013, compared with 2,566 under the Modi government (uses similar aggregate but notes context of policy changes, verification processes, and border management improvements). - ThePrint (2025-10-07)

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• Many later-year figures reflect only verified overstayers processed through FRROs, not all border interceptions or push-ins that do not require full deportation proceedings.
• The reel equates one narrow official statistic with total government effort against infiltration while omitting these policy and operational changes.

• Kishorkumar P. Chikhaliya is a Congress-affiliated leader (Morbi District President, tags Congress leaders and uses #CongressVoice). The reel is framed as a "reality check" attacking the Modi government on illegal immigration.

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• Post-2019 numbers rely on compiled secondary sources that vary slightly depending on exact definition of "deportation" versus pushback.
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