Process to evict 'illegal infiltrators' won't stop, says Amit Shah

The draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) recently published in Assam had identified nearly 4 million illegal immigrants

Press Trust of India  |  Bhopal 

New Delhi: BJP National President Amit Shah addresses a press conference at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Photo: PTI
BJP National President Amit Shah. Photo: PTI

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Tuesday said the process of evicting "illegal infiltrators" from the country will not stop.

Referring to the NRC, said, "The process to evict illegal infiltrators will not stop, irrespective of the Congress' opposition."

The is raising issues to deflect the attention from crucial subjects, he said, adding that "there is no competition to the in respect of development, security and nationalism."

He was addressing workers here at the 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' (grand assembly of party workers), being held on the occasion of birth anniversary of RSS ideologue and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) co-founder Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.

The BJP, the successor party of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, is organising programmes across the country to mark his birth anniversary.

also said that president was "day-dreaming" about his party's victory in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly elections are due later this year.

Instead of making such claims, Gandhi should introspect his party's losses in elections in various states after 2014, the senior leader said.

Since 2014, the has been ousted from every state. The BJP's vote share and the number of seats have increased in places where its presence was negligible, Shah said.

"This is Madhya Pradesh. should first think of his party's performance post-2014 and then dare to speak. Nobody can stop him from day-dreaming," he said.

Shah said for the BJP, the issue is not victory in Madhya Pradesh, "but such a massive one that will shake the enemy".

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First Published: Tue, September 25 2018. 15:45 IST