Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (October 10, 2025), while defending the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, said that in many regions of the country up to 30% “infiltrators” have been caught.
“Tribal population has declined significantly in Jharkhand due to infiltration from Bangladesh. The Congress party is in denial mode on SIR. It has been happening since 1951. It is the responsibility of the ECI to sanitise the voter rolls. Congress protests because they fear losing a vote bank. If you have a problem, go to court; you cannot take out a protest march. The Supreme Court is monitoring the SIR progress in Bihar. In several regions, 30%, 20%, 15%, and 11% of infiltrators have been caught. It is the job and the duty of the ECI to ask if the voter is an Indian or not,” the Minister said at a media event.
India to launch demographic mission to tackle illegal infiltration: PM Modi in Independence Day speech
Mr. Shah for the first time shared the contours of the high-powered demographic mission since it was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech on August 15.
The Union Minister said: “This mission will also study illegal migration, its impact on religious and social life, the unusual settlement patterns arising due to changes in population, and its effect on border management. This mission is bound to create ripples, but if one has to choose between avoiding a controversy or saving the country and its democracy and culture, then BJP will always choose the country, no matter what controversies it has to face.”
