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Amit Shah Blames Bengal Govt For Fencing Delays; Garga Chatterjee Counters Infiltration Claims

On this Special Report, the focus is on the heated debate over illegal infiltration in West Bengal. Union Home Minister Amit Shah accuses the Mamata Banerjee government of stalling border fencing work along the 112-km difficult terrain. Countering the narrative, Bangla Pokho General Secretary Garga Chatterjee argues that the percentage of Bengali-speaking people has declined, dismissing the 'Bangladeshi bogey'. Political Analyst Rishi Bagri highlights the arrest of Bangladeshi actress Shanta Paul with fake Indian documents as proof of a demographic shift. The panel, including BJP’s R P Singh and Senior Journalist Shikha Mukherjee, discusses the implications of the SIR process and the 2026 elections.

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