India not a 'dharamshala' for illegal immigrants: Amit Shah
He said the goal was to make the country infiltration-free in the shortest possible time
India is not a 'dharamshala' for illegal immigrants and infiltrators who pose a threat to national security, the economy and demographic stability, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said yesterday (25 August).
Speaking at the valedictory session of the Intelligence Bureau's two-day National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi, Shah said the home ministry had, over the past eight months, shared a four-pronged border security approach with all Indian states that share land borders.
"By visiting all the land border states in the last eight months, we shared a document of a quadrangular border security approach with the states. We aim to make the country infiltrator-free in a very short time," an official statement quoted him.
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He said the goal was to make the country infiltration-free in the shortest possible time. For this, every state should designate a nodal officer not below the rank of senior inspector general or additional director general.
"This country is not a Dharamshala for illegal immigrants and only citizens of the country have the right to reside here. Anyone else who wishes to stay in India can do so only through legal channels and with the permission of the government of India's Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs," he said.
Shah said the campaign against infiltration would remain a key priority in the coming days.
Senior police officers from across India, directors general of police from all states and representatives of federal security agencies participated in the two-day meeting.
