BJP Won't Allow Assam To Be Infiltrators' Hub Again: Amit Shah

Addressing a poll rally at Bijni for party candidate Ajay Roy, Amit Shah criticised the Congress for doing nothing during its 15-year rule in Assam.

As Assam got ready for the crucial second phase of assembly polls for 39 seats on Wednesday, both Congress and the BJP were busy campaigning for the next phase. Earlier today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said they would not allow Assam to become a hub for infiltrators again, especially after the BJP freed the land from encroachment. Addressing a poll rally at Bijni for party candidate Ajay Roy, Mr Shah criticised the Congress for doing nothing during its 15-year rule in Assam. "In Congress-ruled in Assam, men were killed. Now, the same Congress is piggybacking on AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal to come to power. What has the Congress given in its 15 years? In the last five years, we have successfully curbed violence. We have freed Assam from agitation and protest," Mr Shah said. "Former Congress chief minister Tarun Gogoi had dismissed Ajmal. But now Rahul Gandhi says that the AIUDF is 'Assam's identity'. We will not allow this at any cost," Mr Shah said.