Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam on Saturday. In a rally after inaugurating a new terminal of the Guwahati airport he attacked the Congress for “neglecting” Assam and the Northeast during its rule, and asserted that the BJP government was correcting “mistakes” the grand old party kept making in the region for decades.

“The Congress gave protection to infiltrators who grabbed forests and land, threatening the security and identity of Assam... The BJP government has been correcting mistakes the Congress kept making for decades in the Northeast,” the PM asserted.