SIR for purification of voters’ list: Amit Shah in Gujarat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the victory of the BJPled NDA in the Bihar polls was a mandate against infiltrators in the country because citizens will never favour those parties that support such illegal immigrantsShah said some political parties are opposing the ongoing special intensive revision SIR as they want to make sure that names of infiltrators remain on the electoral rolls He described the SIR as ldquopurificationrdquo of votersrsquo listHe was addressing the BSF Diamond Jubilee 61st Raising Day celebrations in Bhuj in Gujarats Kutch districtldquoToday the BSF Border Security Force is engaged in preventing infiltration at all borders of the country Stopping infiltration is not only essential for national security but also to protect the democratic system of the country from being pollutedrdquo Shah saidldquoHowever some political parties are trying to weaken the governmentrsquos antiinfiltration campaignrdquo he said adding ldquoI want to make it clear that we will deport every single infiltrator from this country This is our resolverdquo The Opposition including the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal where Assembly elections will be held next year has objected to the SIR claiming that it threatens to disenfranchise lakhs of votersStressing that SIR is a process to secure and purify Indiarsquos democracy Shah said every citizen should fully support itDuring BSFrsquos Diamond Jubilee celebrations Shah praised its role in Maoistaffected areas He thanked the joint efforts of all security forces stating that India will be free from the Maoist menace very soonThe Home minister said that so far 2013 brave soldiers of the BSF have made the supreme sacrifice while securing the countryrsquos borders The BSF has 193 battalions and a strength of over 276 lakh jawans The force currently guards and monitors over 2289 km of the border with Pakistan and over 4095 km of the border with BangladeshIncapable home ministerThe Trinamool Congress on Friday hit out at Shah over his remarks on SIR accusing him of using the ldquoinfiltrator rhetoricrdquo to target West Bengal and alleging that the Centre had failed on national securityTMC MP Sagarika Ghose took the attack further and directly sought Shahrsquos resignationldquoMr Amit Shah is a singularly incapable Home Minister If infiltrators are coming in it is his failurerdquo she saidBooth Level Officer kills self in Gujaratrsquos Gir A school teacher deployed to work as a Booth Level Officer BLO allegedly died by suicide in Gujaratrsquos Gir Somnath district on Friday with his family claiming that he left a note citing ldquomental stress and exhaustionrdquo due to the SIR of electoral rolls as reasons behind the extreme stepThe teacher Arvind Vadher hanged himself at his house in Devli village of Kodinar taluka at around 630 am an official saidVadher was a teacher at a government primary school in Chhara village in Kodinar and was recently assigned the duty as a BLO for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exerciseIn the purported suicide note addressed to his wife Vadher blamed the SIR duty for taking the extreme step This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever