Assam Chief minister focuses on steps taken by govt to secure identity of indigenous people

Guwahati, Aug. 15 -- Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today unfurled the national tricolour at the official function of the Independence day at the Veterinary ground and assured that the government will not compromise with the issues concerning the indigenous people of the state.

The chief minister also presented to the people a brief account of the development activities undertaken by the government led by him in the last four and half years and said that while the government has launched a fight against the continuous process of a section of people to threaten the existence of the indigenous people through "land jihad", the government has cleared over 1.20 lakh bigha land from illegal encroachement in the last four and half ye...