India, April 8 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that a "parivartan" (change) is inevitable in West Bengal and claimed that once the BJP comes to power in the eastern state, infiltrators would be sent back to their countries.

Addressing election rallies in Assam's Barak Valley, including in Patharkandi, Sribhumi and Hailakandi, Shah alleged that the Congress gave shelter to illegal immigrants in the region, making them "predominant" in Sribhumi and Cachar districts.

He claimed that the party opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as it prevents infiltrators from remaining in the State. ''Persecuted Hindus from Bangladesh come within the ambit of this law...the Congress is opposed to this, but the party lays out a...