At the inauguration of the Batadrava Than Redevelopment Project, Union Home Minister Amit Shah framed Nagaon as having been under the “occupation of ghuspaithiya (infiltrators)” for years, claiming the area had now been “freed” to restore the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev. He questioned whether “Bangladeshi ghuspaithiya (infiltrators)” should be allowed at such a sacred site and congratulated Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for evicting them and re-establishing the Naamghar (prayer house). Shah stated that similar eviction drives across Assam had “freed” over 1.29 lakh bighas of land, including areas in and around Kaziranga National Park. He accused the Congress of encouraging “ghuspaithiya (infiltrators)” as a vote bank and alleged that the IMDT Act created a legal pathway for their settlement. Declaring the BJP’s national resolve to “detect and deport infiltrators” from every corner of the country, Shah claimed past governments had allowed their presence, leading to the suppression of Assamese culture, literature, and identity. He asserted that only the BJP views these populations as a “threat” and pledged that, if re-elected, the party would make Assam entirely “infiltrator-free.”