No legal action if infiltrators go back on their own: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the government is committed to identifying and deporting infiltrators, encouraging them to return voluntarily without facing legal consequences. He highlighted the progress made in West Bengal regarding border fencing and the return of infiltrators since the BJP came to power. Shah emphasized the government's priority in preventing unnatural demographic changes and ensuring national security.
- ▪A high-level committee has been formed to address demographic changes and deport infiltrators.
- ▪Infiltrators who return voluntarily will not face legal action according to Amit Shah.
- ▪The West Bengal government has established detention centres and facilitated land for border fencing.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 28, 2026) said the Union government had constituted a high-level committee on demographic change and was committed to identifying and deporting every single infiltrator from the country.He said Infiltrators should return on their own and those who voluntarily go back would not face any legal action. Panel on ‘artificial’ demographic changes may consider need for law to tackle issue: Amit ShahMr. Shah made the remarks in Gujarat as he laid foundation stones for development projects worth ₹340 crore in the Kalol and Gandhinagar (North) Assembly constituencies in Gandhinagar.He said that ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in West Bengal “infiltrators have started returning on their own.”Border fencingThe Home Minister said the…
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