Guwahati, March 15 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress of turning Assam into a "haven for infiltrators" during its tenure, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made significant progress in reclaiming land from illegal occupants.

Addressing a public rally in Guwahati, Shah said, "When the Congress government came to power, they turned Assam into a haven for infiltrators. We had promised that we would make Assam free of infiltrators, and Himanta Biswa Sarma has freed 1.51 lakh bighas of land from infiltrators. I want to tell the people, give us the third mandate, we will handpick and remove infiltrators not just from Assam but from the entire country."

Shah also accused Congress of "defaming" the...