GUWAHATI, Jan. 29 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have filed over 500,000 complaints with the Election Commission (EC) seeking deletion of names of suspected foreigners from the electoral rolls during the ongoing special revision (SR) process.

"Our stand against illegal foreigners is very clear. That's why our workers have filed more than 500,000 complaints (during the SR process seeking deletion of names of suspected illegal foreigners). Or else everyone (of them) would have become swadeshis (citizens)," he said on the sidelines of an event at Demow in Sibasagar district adding no place in Assam is safe from illegal foreigners.

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