Amid the ongoing debate over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that preventing infiltration is essential for national security. He further attacked the Opposition parties for opposing the SIR and said that it is “unfortunate that some political parties are trying to weaken the campaign to remove infiltrators".

While Shah did not name any political party, his remarks came a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the ongoing SIR exercise in the poll-bound state was “chaotic, coercive and dangerous".

Highlighting the importance of SIR, the Union Home Minister said that the BSF is working tirelessly along all borders of the country to prevent infiltration, and stopping infiltrators is essenti

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