India, Dec. 16 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday strongly reacted to repeated remarks emerging from sections in Bangladesh suggesting the separation of Northeast India and its merger with Bangladesh, calling such notions "baseless and dangerous."
Speaking to reporters, Sarma said that over the past year, statements and discussions have surfaced repeatedly in Bangladesh hinting at attempts to detach the Northeast from India. He categorically dismissed these claims, asserting that India is a sovereign, powerful nation and such ideas are unrealistic.
"India is a very large country, a nuclear power and one of the world's strongest economies. The idea that Bangladesh can even think of separating the Northeast from India is ...