Eviction drives to clear govt & forest land to continue in Assam under BJP: CM

way2barak, Dec.21: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that eviction drives to clear government and forest land will continue as long as the BJP runs the state. The Chief Minister said so while speaking in the Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. CM Sarma said, “Eviction is a continuous process and it won’t stop.” All people, whether Hindus or Muslims, will have to vacate Sattra (Vaishnavite monasteries) land.”

When Congress MLA Rakibul Hussain appealed to the government to look after the basic needs such as drinking water and food of the evicted people in Batadrava, the chief minister said, “There’s no policy to give water to evicted people. They broke the law by occupying land, so we can’t hold camps for them. It’s the job of the NGOs.”