India, Nov. 27 -- A day after the placing of reports of two panels on the 1983 Nellie massacre in the Assembly, mixed reactions were evoked, with the Opposition claiming that the ruling BJP has done it to create division among people, while the AASU said people need to know the situation that led to the clashes. The BJP-led Government in Assam circulated the reports in the assembly on Tuesday, more than four decades after the bloodshed, ahead of the assembly elections due next year.

On tabling the reports in the Assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said all MLAs will be given a copy. No debates. This is for academic purpose and to let people know the facts hidden for the past 43 years, he said. The Tewary Commission was officiall...