Land transfer to BSF in West Bengal: Securing the porous border

Land transfer to BSF in West Bengal: Securing the porous border

In one of the most consequential decisions taken in the very first days of his tenure as West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari has done what his predecessors refused to do for decades: hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) to fence the porous, infiltration-prone border with Bangladesh. The move, announced at the first Cabinet meeting of the new BJP Government, marks a seismic shift in the State’s posture towards national secur…