Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Centre’s high-level committee on “artificial” demographic changes due to illegal immigration and other unnatural causes will also assess whether a law is required to tackle the issue. Mr Shah said the committee will examine the causes behind the artificial demographic shifts that have occurred across the nation. It will deliberate on the remedial measures required, and, should the enactment of any specific legislation be necessary, he said.

 

Home Minister was addressing a function in Gandhinagar yesterday after inaugurating and laying foundation stone of development projects worth 340 crore rupees. He said, the committee, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, would submit its report within a year. Home Minister said, the Centre is determined to identify and expel every ghuspaithiya or infiltrator from the country. Mr Shah criticised the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over infiltration from Bangladesh, and claimed the situation has changed after the assembly elections in the state. Home Minister praised West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, stating that 600 hectares of land was handed over to the Border Security Force within seven days for the fencing work.