India, Dec. 17 -- ndiaAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Tuesday that in Bangladesh, discussions have been going on about "separating northeast" from India and making it a part of Bangladesh.

However, he said, that it would not be possible since India is the fourth largest economy in the world and is a nuclear nation.

"For the past year, there has been repeated discussion in Bangladesh about separating the northeast from India and making it a part of Bangladesh. But India is a very big country, a nuclear nation and the fourth largest economy of the world. How can Bangladesh even think about it?'" Assam CM said.

He added that the people of Bangladesh have a "bad mindset" and that "we should not help them too much".

"We...