Guwahati, Jan. 12 -- The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the All Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU) has been functioning as an auxiliary organisation of the Congress, claiming the students' body was formed at the Congress's initiative and has consistently worked to further the party's political interests.

In a press statement, Assam BJP spokesperson Ranjib Kumar Sarmah said AAMSU was formed on March 31, 1980, in Jaleswar, Goalpara district, at the initiative of the late Congress leader and former Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia. He alleged that since its inception, AAMSU has acted as the Congress's "B-team".

Sarmah claimed that several AAMSU leaders, from its founding president Abdul Hainagiri to...