 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the Independence Day on August 15, 2025, from Red Fort, Delhi.")
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a conspiracy is in motion to alter India’s democracy.
Modi flagged India’s border regions and tribal areas and said that “infiltrators” were taking away Indians’ land and jobs.
Modi announced the launch of the ‘High-Power Demography Mission’ to address the issue.
“Infiltrators are snatching away the livelihood of the youth of my country. Infiltrators are targeting the sisters and daughters of my country. This will not be tolerated. These infiltrators mislead innocent tribals and capture their land. The country will not tolerate this. When demographic change takes place in border areas, it causes a threat to national security…No country can hand it over to infiltrators,” said Modi.
The announcement has come at a time when several Indian states have launched drives to find and prosecute people illegally residing in the country, particularly illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. In 2016, the government told the parliament that there could be up to 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country. Separately, it has said that there could be anywhere between 40-75,000 Rohingya illegal immigrants from Myanmar.