Updated On: 12 November, 2024 12:18 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The report also observed that 12 Assembly constituencies in Mumbai have a majority migrant population, influencing voting patterns and giving rise to what it termed 'shelter politics'

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The influx of illegal migrants from neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan is having a significant impact on electoral politics in Mumbai, a professor from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) claimed on Monday.
According to news agency PTI, Shouvik Mondal, an assistant professor at TISS, made the remarks during the presentation of an interim report titled 'Illegal Migration to Mumbai: Analysing Social, Economic, and Political Consequences' at a national seminar organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital.