India, March 15 -- Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that during the Congress government in Assam, he was beaten up and had jail food for seven days, adding that the party "did not allow peace in the state".

Amit Shah was recalling his detention during Hiteshwar Saikia's tenure as Assam chief minister on Saturday while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon.

"I have also been beaten up by the Congress government in Assam. Hiteshwar Saikia was the chief minister of Assam and we used to raise slogans against former PM Indira Gandhi that 'Assam ki gaaliyan suni hai, Indira Gandhi khooni hai'", news agency ANI quoted Amit Shah as saying.

Hiteswar Saikia served as the chief minister of Assam ...