Guwahati, Feb. 21 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress of compromising Assam's land, culture and identity by encouraging illegal immigrants to enter and settle in the northeastern state, as he laid the foundation stone of the new campus of Assam Police's 10th Battalion in Kosutoli.

"Congress allowed them to settle on the state's fertile land. It led to a demographic crisis for the identity of indigenous Assamese and the party didn't protect the people's homes and culture from these infiltrators," Shah said, sharpening the BJP's attack on the opposition over the long-standing issue of infiltration.

Shah said that till Assam's land is rid of all illegal infiltrators, the state can never remain secure and blame...