Union Home Minister Amit Shah Slams TMC Over Delay In Providing Land For Border Fencing

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for not giving land for fencing and stated that West Bengal and India will not be safe if the borders are not secured.

Shah targets previous government

Speaking at a programme of foundation stone laying ceremonies of various SSB projects at its frontier headquarters in Siliguri in north Bengal, Shah thanked Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari for granting 1129 acres of land to strengthen border security.

“Since 2014, despite my several pleas to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the land to strengthen the fencing of the Indo-Bangladesh border, we didn't get the land. All the pleadings fell on deaf ears. We got land after Suvendu Adhikari had formed the government,” said Shah.

The Union Home Minister also mentioned that SSB is not any political organisation and also that absence of the previous Chief Minister from the celebrations of border forces gave out wrong signals.

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Shah highlights new laws

Shah also mentioned that he was extremely happy when the complete version of ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung on the 80th Independence Day at the Red Fort.

Shah had also inaugurated an exhibition on Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Addressing the gathering, Shah highlighted provisions of the new laws and how they are intended to strengthen the protection of citizens.

The Union Home Minister said the new system is ‘victim-centric, not punishment-centric’ and gives priority to women and children.

Shah stated that after implementation of the new laws completely, it would enable cases to reach the Supreme Court within three years.