Kokrajhar, May 1 -- Tension is brewing at the Bashbari in the Parbatjhora area in western Assam's Kokrajhar district following the reported transfer of 3,400 bighas of land to the Adani Group for the construction of a thermal power plant.

Residents of Paglijhora village held a protest meeting on Thursday, vehemently opposing the move, claiming that the land in question has been occupied by tribal communities for centuries.

Leading the protest was Daorao Dekrab Narzary, the executive president of Boroland Jan-Jati Suraksha Manch, who strongly condemned the decision to allegedly hand over land within the Sixth Schedule area to "foreigner Adani."

Narzary asserted that the tribal people would continue their agitation if their ancestral lan...