Guwahati, Sept. 16 -- Thousands of students across Assam took to the streets on Tuesday in a coordinated "Satyagraha" protest organized by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), pressing for the immediate eviction of alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and fundamentalist elements from the state.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a deceiver. The date of 16 May, which he mentioned in 2014( to send back Bangladeshi intruders )has still not arrived. After 11 years, he is once again warning infiltrators from the soil of Assam. Such warnings no longer reassure the people of Assam. Implement the Assam Accord and show us; expel the foreigners and show us," said Utpal Sharma, president, AASU.

The demonstrations, held in district headquarters am...