Modi warned that infiltrators pose a threat to national security, unity, and integrity, while sowing seeds of social tension.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised alarm over what he described as an emerging crisis caused by illegal infiltration, calling it a “premeditated conspiracy” to change India’s demographic profile.
“I wish to warn the country about a concern that is emerging as a crisis. As part of a premeditated conspiracy, the country’s demography is being changed. Seeds of a new crisis are being sown,” Modi said in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
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Modi warned that infiltrators pose a threat to national security, unity, and integrity, while sowing seeds of social tension.
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“It also creates a crisis for our unity, integrity, and progress. It sows the seeds of social tension. No nation in the world can hand itself over to ghuspaithiyas (infiltrators); then how can we hand over Bharat to them?” he stressed.
The Prime Minister alleged that infiltrators are depriving the country’s youth of employment opportunities and targeting women.
“These ghuspaithiyas are deceiving innocent tribals and capturing their forest land. This country will not tolerate it,” he asserted.
Modi said that thwarting this conspiracy would be a true tribute to the freedom fighters who secured India’s independence through supreme sacrifices.
He announced the government’s decision to launch a high-powered demographic mission to address the issue.
“From the ramparts of the Red Fort, I want to say that we have decided to start a high-powered demographic mission. This mission will tackle this serious crisis and address it within a set time frame. We are moving forward towards it,” he declared.
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