Help bring back two Assam women pushed into Bangladesh: Gaurav Gogoi to Jaishankar
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has petitioned External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to locate and repatriate two Assam women who were deported to Bangladesh. The request follows a Gauhati High Court ruling that criticized the Foreigners' Tribunal for procedural delays and failure to consider evidence.
Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing legal and human rights concerns regarding citizenship verification processes and the treatment of individuals declared as non-citizens in India.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has urged Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to help trace and bring back two Assam women pushed into Bangladesh two months after the Gauhati High Court asked a Foreigners’ Tribunal to review its 2019 decision that they were non-citizens.
A Foreigners’ Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body established under the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order of 1964 to decide whether a person living in India is an illegal immigrant or a legal citizen. Assam has 100 functioning Foreigners’ Tribunals.
The whereabouts of Jahanara Begum of Bagariguri village and Mumtaz Begum of Dhing Gaon — both in central Assam’s Nagaon district — remain unknown since they were sent across the India-Bangladesh border on the intervening night of June 13 and 14, Mr. Gogoi said in a letter to Mr. Jaishankar on Friday (October 2, 2026).
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