Guwahati, Aug. 5 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said people should not give shelter to evicted persons, else the "position of our people", which has improved through evictions and other measures, will become "bad again".

He asserted that the Government will continue with its anti-encroachment drives to protect the 'jati' (community) if people continue to cooperate with it.

"Our people are conscious now. I don't think they will cooperate a lot," Sarma told reporters on sidelines of progammes in Bodoland territorial Region (BTR) when asked if the evicted people will settle down in other parts of the state.

He said the encroachers should return from where they came from and the Government has no objection to it. Urg...