Bongaigaon, April 10 -- In a video that has surfaced online, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar, during a poll campaign rally in Assam's Bongaigaon on April 5, is heard purportedly making a controversial statement about infiltration, a political issue in the north-eastern State.

Addressing a rally in Bongaigaon ahead of polling in Assam, Kumar also declared that the "biggest infiltrator" has come from Gujarat. He further asserted that Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, need to be "chased out" of Assam to protect the state's interests.

"...All thieves have gathered together and joined the BJP. The head of these thieves is the father of Jay Shah. A journalist told me that infiltration is an issue, I ...