BJP President Amit Shah on Friday said that though the BJP-led NDA government had started the process of identifying illegal infiltrators in Assam through the National Register of Citizens (NRC), it will send them back in the next five years.

Addressing a rally here, Shah accused the Congress of not doing anything to tackle the problem of illegal migrants in Assam. He said, "The BJP government initiated the process of updating the NRC to identify the illegal migrants.