Remove every infiltrator: Amit Shah's Seemanchal crackdown before Bengal polls
India Today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has begun a three-day tour of the Seemanchal region in Bihar comprising Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia and Katihar districts along the Bangladesh–Nepal border.
Declaring that "the Narendra Modi government is determined to “remove every infiltrator from Indian soil”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a high-stakes security and political outreach in Bihar’s sensitive Seemanchal region ahead of the high-stakes Assembly polls in West Bengal.
"Freedom from infiltrators doesn't just mean removing their names from the voter list. We are determined to implement a program to remove every single infiltrator from Indian soil," he said while addressing a rally in Araria, Bihar.
#WATCH | Araria, Bihar | Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "...Freedom from infiltrators doesn't just mean removing their names from the voter list. We are determined to implement a program to remove every single infiltrator from Indian soil...The Narendra Modi government is pic.twitter.com/glbvRo1QTk— ANI (@ANI) February 26, 2026
"The Narendra Modi government is determined to free the entire country from infiltrators, and this initiative will soon begin in the entire Seemanchal region," Shah added.
Shah began a three-day tour of the Seemanchal region comprising Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia and Katihar districts in Bihar along the Bangladesh–Nepal frontier known for illegal migration routes, document fraud networks and cross-border smuggling.
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