Nagaon, Dec. 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is committed to removing infiltrators from across the country, using the redevelopment of the historic Batadrava Than in Assam as a key example of the government's resolve against illegal encroachment.

Speaking after inaugurating the Batadrava Cultural Project in Nagaon district, Shah questioned the presence of alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators at the birthplace of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva, a revered Vaishnav saint and social reformer. "The BJP resolves to remove all infiltrators from the entire country. Was it right that Bangladeshi infiltrators were there at this place of Sankardeva?" he said, congratulating Chief Minister Him...