Top Highlights From Home Minister Amit Shah's Speech On Demography

Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Narendra Mohan Memorial Lecture, commemorating the former Dainik Jagran editor, emphasising the importance of demography, national security, and immigration control.

Starting with history, Shah criticised the partition: “Dividing the country in the name of religion was a grave mistake; it cut the arms of Bharat Mata and helped the British conspiracy succeed.” He stressed that decisions about India’s leadership should rest with its citizens alone.

Shah also addressed illegal immigration, defining infiltrators as those entering India for economic or other non-religious reasons.

Amit Shah said, “Who are the infiltrators? Those who have not faced religious persecution but want to enter India illegally for economic or other reasons are infiltrators. If anyone from around the world is allowed to come here, our country will turn into a dharamshala (shelter home).”

He said that the people who were separated from India due to Partition and are persecuted are welcome in India.

He further added, “Just as I have a right over the soil of this country, so do the Hindus of Pakistan and Bangladesh. I am saying this as the Home Minister of India.”

“We should not think of keeping refugees and infiltrators on one page,” He added.

Shah also went on to say that while the ultimate responsibility of maintaining the integrity of India's borders stays with the Centre, and with him as the Union Home Minister, the Centre cannot fulfill its responsibility if the concerned state government does not cooperate on that count.

Shah also cited census data, claiming that Muslim population growth in India is linked to illegal immigration in certain regions, and reaffirmed the BJP’s policy: “We will detect, delete, and deport infiltrators.”

On the Election Commission (EC) and Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Shah said that conducting SIR is a duty of the EC, and it has been conducted since 1951. “Our Constitution rests the duty of conducting free and fair elections on the Election Commission,” He added.

He said, “Free and fair elections can be conducted only when we prepare voters’ list based on voters’ citizenship. And the constitution says that only Indian citizens can vote… if you want to change this provision, then bring a resolution in Parliament.”

He further criticised the opposition for protesting against SIR even after knowing that EC must rectify the voters’ list.

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