Former Assam Chief Minister TarunGogoi on Friday said the Congress government in Assam did set up a detentioncamp in the State following an order from the bench of Justice BK Sharma of theGauhati High Court, in 2009.

Gogoi also called Prime MinisterNarendra Modi a "liar" for saying that there is no detention camp in thecountry and claimed that the BJP-led government at the Centre had sanctioned Rs46 crore for one in Goalpara district.

Former Prime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee had suggested setting up detention camps for illegal immigrants, hesaid.

Addressing a press conference inGuwahati, Gogoi said, "The Chief Minister holds the Congress responsible givingshelter to illegal immigrants in the State. Why haven't they detected anddeported them in the past four years? Who prevents them from deportingforeigners? Now detention camps are obsolete, so is the CAA (CitizenshipAmendment Act). Since the Bangladesh government has sought the list of theircitizens staying in India, give them the list. They'll take their people back."