Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol along the India-Bangladesh border. (PTI File Photo) Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Siliguri assumes significance well beyond the inauguration of infrastructure projects of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) or a routine review of border security. Siliguri sits at the intersection of some of India’s most sensitive geographical, military and geopolitical realities. It is close to the borders with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and provides the principal land link between mainland India and the Northeast. The Home Minister’s present visit, coming after his July 2026 review of border security at the Jhumagachh Border…