borduwa union home minister amit shah on thursday attacked the congress for joining forces with badruddin ajmals aiudf in assam because of its lust for powerthe congress greed to capture power in the state will remain unfulfilled and the bjp along with its ally asom gana parishad agp which symbolises assamese identity will win the assembly polls with a twothirds majority shah told a public rally at borduwa the birthplace of srimanta sankardeva the 1516th century saint scholar and religious reformer in nagaon districtthe congress talks about providing security when it is joining hands with ajmal its ony because of its lust for power that it has joined hands with ajmalthe party did nothing to free assam from violence and infiltration despite having a prime minister who was elected from the state he said referring to manmohan singh who is a rajya sabha member from assamlok sabha mp ajmals all india united democratic front aiudf wields considerable influence among bengali speaking assamese muslimsenumerating various schemes that the modi government has launched for assam shah said people will weigh the measures undertaken by it in seven years against those by the congress over 70 years in the upcoming pollsshah also accused the parties formed in the aftermath of the anticitizenship amendment act protests of helping the congress which used bullets to suppress the assam agitation against foreignershe said these parties were formed so they could chip away at bjps votes and help the congress but they will not succeedcongress leaders are sighted in the state only during elections and later get busy making rounds of the corridors of power in new delhi to fulfil their vested interests he allegedprime minister modi will never turn his back on assam and the north east and will go to any extent to make the region a growth engine of the country he saidit is with this intention that modi visited different states of the north east at least 35 times during the last five years shah saidthe prime minister wants to take the region forward on the path of progress and make it free from corruption violence and infiltration he assertedthe home minister extolled srimanta sankardeva for his role in unifying assam with the rest of the country more than 500 years ago which prompted mahatma gandhi to remark that it was he who initiated ram rajya in the state the spirit will be rekindled he saidshah had during an earlier visit to guwahati on december 26 last year remotely laid the foundation stone for the development and beautification of batadrava than at borduwa the birth place sankardeva at an estimated cost of rs 188 crorethe than a vaishnavite monastery is being developed as a centre of art culture research and spirituality pti dg sk