By: Express News Service New Delhi | August 22, 2025 02:41 AM IST 2 min readTamil Nadu Governor R N RaviTamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi Thursday warned “large-scale” infiltration in India’s Northeast was not merely migration in search of livelihoods but a “strategic” project designed to engineer “another partition of India”.Speaking at the opening session of Seema Vimarsh, a two-day international conference on cross-border infiltration held at Delhi University’s Vice-Regal Lodge, Ravi described the threat as beyond the reach of military force.“The kind of infiltration taking place in Bengal, Assam, and other Northeastern states is not just people coming here for a better life and economic opportunities, but it is strategic for another partition… a work in progress. We have to worry about this because no army can stop this. This is about Bharat’s unity and integrity,” he said. Ravi argued the issue of illegal immigration persisted since Independence, in part because successive governments considered the region a distant frontier.He went on to praise the RSS for its role in fostering inclusion in the region. “A group that has always worked in the Northeast for the betterment and to enhance inclusion is the RSS. I want to thank the workers of the RSS for doing such good work for years,” he said.The conference, themed ‘Cross-Border Infiltration: Impact on Socio-Economic, Cultural, and Milieu’, was jointly held by Seema Jagran Manch, Delhi University’s Centre for Independence and Partition Studies, and Motilal Nehru College (Evening).Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd