He has already set the first agenda for the new government in the state.
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On a three-day visit to Bihar under “Mission Seemanchal”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections and form a government in the state. He has already set the first agenda for the new government in the state.
“Elections are going to be held in West Bengal. There too, a BJP government will be formed. The first task of the government will be to complete the border fencing and identify and remove all illegal infiltrators. This is not merely an election promise but a government declaration,” he said.
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Addressing a gathering after the inauguration of Border outposts in Araria district of Bihar on Thursday, Amit Shah said infiltrators are depriving the citizens of their rights. Demographic changes caused by encroachment and infiltration are very dangerous for any country’s culture, history, and geography. The Modi government will provide a permanent solution to this.
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He said that the Bihar elections were contested on the issue of showing infiltrators the way out. The public accepted this and gave a massive mandate.
He said, “In the Bihar elections, making the state and the country free from infiltrators was not merely an election promise. The campaign to make the country free from infiltrators starting from the Seemanchal region of Bihar will begin soon. All illegal encroachments within 10 kilometres of the border in the Seemanchal region will be demolished.”
However, Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav dismissed Amit Shah’s claim on infiltration as a non-issue that has been raised by the BJP before every major election.
The RJD leader questioned the timing of Amit Shah’s “Mission Seemanchal,” alleging that the issue was being highlighted in view of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. He claimed that similar concerns had been raised during the Jharkhand and Bihar Assembly polls earlier for political gain.
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