Seeking an accelerated  verification process, India has said they have a large number of Bangladeshi nationals - around over 2000 - who are required to be deported after a verification.

"We have asked Bangladeshi side to verify their nationality. We have a pending list of 2360.....upwards of 2360 cases of people who are required to be deported," said official Spokesperson at the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal.

During a regular briefing in New Delhi on Thursday, he also said many of them have actually completed their jail sentences.

"And in many cases, the nationality verification is required to be done. It is pending since 2020. So, almost five years have passed," said the MEA Spokesperson.

The Indian side urged the Bangladeshi side that they must expedite the verification process so that people who are required to be deported can be sent back to Bangladesh.

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"They must expedite this process," Spokesperson Jaiswal said.

The MEA Spokesperson said the people who are staying in India illegally or foreigners who are staying in India illegally, whether they happen to be Bangladeshi national or any other national, they will be dealt as per law.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said Bangladesh is in touch with India on the recent issues of push-ins.

Regarding reported push-ins, Adviser Hossain said communication with New Delhi continues and Dhaka is trying that nothing happens beyond the set mechanisms.

“They (India) have conveyed their position to some extent and we explained our position. We are trying to make them understand that this is not right,” he said, referring to a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

The Adviser said the Indian side has given Bangladesh a list and Dhaka is verifying it through the Home Ministry.

Bangladesh’s position is that it will examine each case separately and will receive only if there is proof that they are Bangladeshi citizens.