We will build such a border that not even a bird will be able to sneak across: Amit Shah to Network18

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. FILE/AFP.

Once voted to power, BJP will “build a border that not even a bird will be able to sneak across,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said.

In an interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, Shah stressed that infiltration is now happening only in one state – West Bengal.

“I want to make a heartfelt appeal to the people of Bengal that make the BJP successful this time. After that, ensure the formation of a BJP government there. We will build such a border that not even a bird will be able to sneak across,” Shah said.

The minister was responding to a question that why the BJP manifesto has no mention of National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In its Sankalp Patra released on April 14, BJP dropped compilation of the NRC from its manifesto which was one of the prominent poll promises in the party’s 2019 manifesto.

The 2024 manifesto, however, mentions “implementation of the CAA.”

‘Mamata Banerjee sees infiltrators as a vote bank’

Slamming Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government, Shah said: “As far as the question of infiltration is concerned, now it is happening only in one state – West Bengal. Because it has the Mamata Banerjee government’s blessings.”

“That’s because Mamata Banerjee sees infiltrators as a vote bank. They do not see infiltration as a national security threat. They think that their vote bank is growing. This is very dangerous thinking not only for Bengal but for the entire country,” Shah said.

But why Govt delayed implementation of CAA?

Shah also responded on the delay of implementation of CAA. He said, “Look, the implementation of CAA was delayed due to Covid. And we believe that CAA should be implemented first. That process is going on.”