Amit Shah says infiltration changed Assam's demography

22-Feb-2026

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on February 21 accused the Congress of leaving India’s borders open and allowing large-scale infiltration into Assam, declaring that the BJP government has reversed the situation and will now deport “every infiltrator”.

Addressing a programme in Assam’s Cachar district, Shah alleged that infiltration had been the “main problem” in the state under Congress rule.

“These Congress governments left our borders open to infiltrators. Infiltrators continued to enter Assam. An attempt was made to alter the demographics of Assam by snatching away the jobs of Assam’s youth, the food grains of the poor, and the land of the villages,” he said.