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Amit Shah says India not a dharamshala, warns on infiltrators
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said India was 'not a dharamshala', warning that infiltrators threatened the country's security, economy and demographics. Speaking at the Intelligence Bureau's National Security Strategy conference,…
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said India was 'not a dharamshala', warning that infiltrators threatened the country's security, economy and demographics. Speaking at the Intelligence Bureau's National Security Strategy conference, Shah said a four-pronged border security document had been shared with land-border states over the past eight months, and that the goal was to make India 'free of infiltrators in a very short period'.
Shah made similar remarks in Lok Sabha on March 27 while replying to the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025. The Supreme Court used the same phrasing on May 19, declining to intervene in a Sri Lankan Tamil national's deportation. Shah also attacked previous governments for failing to anticipate narcotics, Naxalism and insurgency challenges, and directed state police to implement the Narcotics Control Vision document 2026-2029 with a 'Detect, Disrupt and Destroy' approach.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The 'dharamshala' line now echoes at two levels of the state: the executive, via Shah, and the judiciary, via the Supreme Court's May remark. This coordinated messaging signals a hardening policy framework ahead of the Immigration and Foreigners Bill's parliamentary process. The core operational pivot is the four-pronged border security document shared with land-border states in the past eight months. Its implementation timeline and the metrics for a 'infiltrator-free India' are what state police forces and the IB will operationalise. The decision to designate an area as 'sensitive' under the Bill could become the next flashpoint, with civil liberties groups likely to challenge its vagueness in court.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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