India, May 9 -- In his first address to newly elected MLAs in the State, at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "This victory is not about the expansion of our organisation or validation of ideology. It is about fixing the biggest hole in the country's national security." He also added a firm pledge on border security: "Infiltration and cow smuggling will become impossible in West Bengal under the BJP Government. With BJP Governments in Assam, Tripura, and now West Bengal, we will turn the border into an impregnable fortress."

Shah urged party workers to deliver Sonar Bangla and fulfil the people's aspirations. He thanked Bengal voters for rejecting "the politics of appeasement" and ending 15 years of ...