Amit Shah vows to ‘throw out infiltrators from Bengal’ if BJP...

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• The TMC cannot ensure security because they allow infiltration.
• Only the BJP can provide security to a bordering state like Bengal,” he said.
• His remarks come against the backdrop of the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls published on Saturday, which recorded 63.66 lakh deletions, 8.3 per cent of the electorate, since the exercise began in November, reducing the voter base to just over 7.04 crore and significantly redrawing constituency arithmetic ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.
• “I want to assure Hindu refugees that not a single one among them will lose their citizenship,” he said, seeking to draw a distinction between what the BJP terms “infiltrators” and persecuted minorities who migrated from neighbouring countries.
• “Right now only names are being deleted from voter rolls, and Mamata Didi is nervous.