New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gaurav Bhatia on Friday termed infiltrators a "major national security" issue and said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has taken decisive steps under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Bhatia accused the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Congress of avoiding a clear position on the matter, saying they are "afraid even to state their position on this issue."

"These infiltrators are a major national security issue, on which the Union Home Minister Amit Shah has taken decisive steps under the leadership of the Prime Minister. Far from supporting this, the TMC and the Congress party are afraid even to state their position on this...