Jammu, Feb. 21 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Election Commission of India has initiated the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to identify infiltrators, alleging that the Leader of the Opposition has launched protests against the exercise. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of the headquarters of the 10th Battalion of the Assam Police in Kamrup, Assam, Shah asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the courage and resolve to free the country from infiltrators.
He said the cooperation of state governments is crucial in removing infiltrators and claimed that such action would not be possible if opposition parties came to power. Alleging that infiltrators had become a "vote b...