Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal was abetting undocumented migration from Bangladesh for electoral benefits, and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will drive out all “infiltrators” from the country.
“Can there be a state government that turns the region into a haven for infiltrators?” Shah asked at a press conference held in Kolkata as part of his three-day visit to West Bengal. “This is a grave danger to national security. The West Bengal chief minister [Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee] must give answers on this during the election.”
Assembly elections in West Bengal are expected to be held in early 2026.
Shah claimed that undocumented immigration from Bangladesh had stopped in BJP-ruled states such as Assam and Tripura. “Why does infiltration take place only in West Bengal?” he asked. “This is because under your [TMC’s] watch, infiltration is encouraged so as to bring about demographic change.”
The home minister said that the problem of undocumented migration was not limited to West Bengal but was a matter of national security.
Shah added that while the Trinamool Congress had been alleging that the Border Security Force was not able to prevent infiltration into the country, it was the West Bengal government that had…
Source: Amit Shah alleges TMC abetting ‘infiltrators’ from Bangladesh for electoral gains in West Bengal
