Addressing a press briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that repatriation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants would require cooperation from Dhaka.
Addressing a public meeting in Dhekiajuli Constituency of Sonitpur district in Assam, Shah comended Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for closing the state's borders to infiltrators.
He has already set the first agenda for the new government in the state.
The Union Home Minister asserted that Mamata Banerjee's time is up and a BJP government will soon be formed in West Bengal.
"Rahul Gandhi can do whatever he wants to do. As long as the BJP is in politics, no one can shake the culture of the North-East," Shah said.
He also stressed the need for a population control law.
Shah vowed to "detect, delete and deport" the illegal infiltrators.
The Prime Minister accused the Congress of deliberately facilitating illegal migration for vote-bank politics and conspiring to alter the demographic balance in Assam’s sensitive border districts.
The infiltration attempt was detected in the Torna area of the Uri sector, where troops observed suspicious movement near the LoC.
Modi warned that infiltrators pose a threat to national security, unity, and integrity, while sowing seeds of social tension.
