India, March 31 -- Accusing the Congress of "allowing" land grabbing by infiltrators, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that infiltration into Assam is not just an election issue but is about safeguarding the identity of the State and national security.

Addressing virtually the BJP's booth-level workers in Assam ahead of the April 9 assembly polls, Modi said that the State saw a long span of instability but things changed over the past decade as the party's double-engine Government made every effort to ensure peace.

There is a need to remind first-time voters of the "misrule" of previous Congress Governments in Assam and caution them that even the smallest mistake can push the State back, he said, noting that the BJP members w...