GUWAHATI, May 20 -- Prabajan Virodhi Manch (PVM) expressed grave concerns over what they allege to be a surge in atrocities against indigenous people of Assam by Bangladeshi individuals under the BJP-led government.

PVM convener and Supreme Court lawyer Upamanyu Hazarika accused the BJP of pursuing a policy of appeasement towards Bangladeshi Muslims in order to secure their votes and support in the ongoing general elections.

Hazarika highlighted an incident that occurred at Mangaldai in Assam on April 24, where Jiten Deka and his son Sasanka Deka were reportedly brutally assaulted by Bangladeshi-origin agricultural produce vendors.

According to Hazarika, Jiten Deka was attacked while selling vegetables in the Mangaldoi Municipal Board'...