RATLAM (MP): Addressing a rally at Ratlam in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday once again described infiltrators as “termites” and promised to drive them out.
He also mocked Manmohan Singh, saying the former prime minister used to read out speeches handed to him by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on foreign tours.
“(Former prime minister) Lal Bahadur Shastri had given the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’. While you (farmers) feed the people, they (soldiers) guard our borders. But infiltrators are like termites who eat away at the country’s security. They need to be removed,” Shah said.
Forty lakh people were excluded from the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and all those living illegally in the country would be evicted, he added.
“We will drive out each and every infiltrator. The BJP will not allow a single infiltrator to stay. For us, vote bank is not important, the country’s security is,” Shah said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief had compared infiltrators to termites at a rally in Rajasthan last month.
In his Saturday’s speech, he also mocked Manmohan Singh. (AGENCIES)
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