No more infiltrators or ghuspaithiyas in India: no more votebank politics taking precedence over the rights of Indians, and no more shielding of illegals in the name of politics. That was the Prime Minister's warning today during his speech from Purnea in Bihar.
The key questions as election season approaches in the three states going to polls soon: Assam, Bihar, and Bengal. Will the insider versus outsider issue be the trump card? Is the ghuspaithiya issue a legitimate fear, especially in border states? Or is it a polarising narrative aimed at repeating the 80:20 divide all over again?