Union Home Minister Amit Shah greets as he arrives at the BJP office in Kolkata on Monday.
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Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was encouraging the ‘infiltration’ of Bangladeshis for electoral benefit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (December 30, 2025) asserted that the BJP will drive out illegal immigrants once it comes to power in the State.
Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Mr. Shah said people of West Bengal were anxious over infiltration.
“We will not only identify infiltrators, but we’ll also drive them out,” he said.
“The demography of West Bengal is changing dangerously. Infiltration is not a problem affecting West Bengal, but it is a matter of national security,“ Mr. Shah said.
Mr. Shah said the Centre has not been able to complete fencing of the India-Bangladesh border because the West Bengal government was not providing the required land.
Claiming that Bengal will have a BJP government in 2026, Mr. Shah said the party will stop infiltration from the eastern borders and ensure revitalisation of the State.
“BJP will form a government in West Bengal with a two-thirds majority,” he claimed. Mr. Shah alleged that the TMC has surpassed the Left in establishing the politics of fear and violence.
“People of Bengal have resolved to replace fear, corruption and misgovernance with good governance,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
Published – December 30, 2025 01:15 pm IST
