GUWAHATI, Feb. 22 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the campaign to eliminate Left-Wing Extremism is on track to be completed by March 31, 2026. He also launched a scathing attack on the Congress party for its alleged role in encouraging illegal immigration in Assam. "I can't even imagine how this big and historic task with huge challenges is nearing its end in just three years. Based on the impressive work by CRPF, I want to reiterate to the nation that Maoist insurgency will be completely rooted out by March 31," Shah said, while speaking as the chief guest at the 87th Raising Day parade of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He further highlighted the success of "Operation Black Forest" conducted in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur last May that led to deaths of 27 top Maoist leaders including general secretary of CPI-Maoist, Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju. At the end of the operation, 54 Maoists were arrested and 84 surrendered in Chattisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra, he added. "When the country will finally get rid of Maoist insurgency, I will state without any hesitation that a big role in it was played by CRPF and its CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) battalions," he said. Shah also lauded the force for its role in maintaining internal security over the past 86 years. "Ten-twelve years ago there were three hotspots threatening country's internal security--Jammu & Kashmir, north east and Left-wing Maoist insurgency. At present, we have been able to bring peace to a considerable extent in these areas," he said. Shah, who is on a two-day-visit to Assam and Tripura, later attended the foundation stone laying event of the new campus of Assam Police's 10 battalion at Kosutoli on the outskirts of Guwahati. Accusing the Congress of facilitating a "demographic crisis" by allowing illegal immigrants to settle on fertile indigenous land, the Union minister said: "By allowing illegal immigrants to settle in Assam, Congress allowed them to settle in the state's fertile land. It led to a demographic crisis for the identity of indigenous Assamese and the party didn't protect the peoples' homes and culture from these infiltrators." Speaking at the event, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that in the past five years, the BJP-led government in the state has removed encroachers from 150,000 bighas (49,500 acres) of the total 4 million bighas (1.32 million acres) under illegal occupation. "Our eviction drives against such encroachers will continue," he said....