India, Dec. 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of ignoring Assam and the northeast for decades when the party was in power in states of the region and in Centre.

"Congress governments ignored Assam and northeast for six to seven decades. Now I am correcting those mistakes," Modi said while addressing a public meeting in Guwahati after inaugurating the new terminal of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport.

"The developments of the past 11 years are an indicator that justice is being finally delivered to the people of Assam...Earlier during Congress rule people used to get government jobs only through recommendations or by paying bribes. But now the BJP government in the state is providi...