BJP will win Bengal polls, drive out every single infiltrator: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday exuded confidence that the BJP will win the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, and “drive out every single infiltrator” from the state, which was among the ones “worst affected by demographic change”. Shah made the remark in Araria district of Bihar, where he launched projects worth Rs 175 crore of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and dedicated to the nation a couple of new border outposts. “Infiltrator are not just a threat to national security, but also feed on welfare benefits meant for people, thereby diluting the impact schemes run by the government could make,” he said. “Infiltration on a large scale also results in encroachments in bordering areas. We are committed to demolishing these. Infiltration also poses the threat of demographic change, which can wreak havoc with the culture, and even geography, of a region,” Shah said.

बंगाल में अभी चुनाव है और मुझे पूरा विश्वास है कि इस बार वहाँ भाजपा की सरकार बनने वाली है। वहाँ सरकार का पहला एजेंडा सीमा पर बाड़ का काम समाप्त करना और एक-एक घुसपैठिये को चुन-चुन कर बाहर करना होगा। pic.twitter.com/dgdnspEhEM

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'The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has decided to set up a high-powered committee to study and “undo demographic change”, by identifying the most vulnerable areas, the home minister said. Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal are the states worst affected by demographic change,' he asserted. The SSB has an important role to play in checking infiltration, he noted. Guarding the borders is easy where proper fencing is in place and relations with the neighbouring country are friendly, but “a different approach is needed when we are dealing with porous borders”, he said.