Amit Shah says Intruders will be driven out from Kedarnath to Kanyakumari

Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah on Saturday (March 7, 2026) said that the Center is determined to expel every “intruder” from the country and asserted that the process will extend “from Kedarnath to Kanyakumari”.

Addressing a public meeting in Haridwar to celebrate four years of the Uttarakhand Government, Mr. Shah praised Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for introducing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the State and removing encroachments on nearly 10,000 acres of government land.

“Pushkar Singh Dhami was the first Prime Minister to introduce UCC in the State. Under UCC, citizens will be subject to the same law, irrespective of their religion. UCC will help stop the unnatural increase in demographics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to form a high-powered committee to address demographic changes. This committee will start its work in a few days. From Kedarnath to Kanyakumari, we will work to take each and every one of the intruders out of the country. Opposition leaders can protest as much as they want,” he said.

Attacking opposition parties protesting against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, Mr. Shah said the names of non-Indian citizens should be removed from the voters’ list as a clean voter roll is essential for preserving democracy.

Recalling the struggle of the people of Uttarakhand for statehood, Mr. Shah said that the dream came true only after the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government came to power at the Center and created new states, including Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which are now progressing rapidly.

He also highlighted the important decisions of the Modi government, including the abrogation of Article 370, construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya after more than five centuries, redevelopment of Kedarnath Temple and Badrinath Temples, Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and Mahakal Lok in Ujjain.

Mr. Shah said the changes made by the Center in criminal laws will streamline the justice delivery system. He said that by 2028, the new framework will ensure that the time taken for a case from registration of an FIR to final judgment in the Supreme Court of India will not exceed three years.

Congratulating the refugees who got Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Union Minister said that Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains who came to India from Pakistan and Afghanistan have as much rights over the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Although they migrated to India to protect their religion and family, appeasement policies had previously deprived them of citizenship, he said. He reiterated that despite opposition, the government remains committed to granting citizenship to such refugees.

Thanking the Union Government for its support, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that under the leadership of the Prime Minister and the guidance of Mr. Shah, the people of Uttarakhand have broken political precedents by giving the government a massive mandate for the second consecutive term in 2022. He also thanked the Center for sanctioning ₹500 crore for the upcoming Haridwar Kumbh Mela, stating that the event will further enhance the global prestige of Sanatan culture.