Names of evicted persons will be struck off voter list: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the names of persons evicted from allegedly encroached land will be deleted from the voter list of the place where they were living.

The government’s strategy was to ensure that such “infiltrators”, including those already evicted, do not return to encroach upon land, he added.

Speaking to reporters in Margherita in Tinsukia district, Sarma said that the previous generation had failed to “save” lower and central Assam, but efforts must now be made to “save” the state’s upper and northern parts.

The comment was an apparent reference to the sizeable population of Bengali-speaking Muslims in lower and central Assam.

“If someone is evicted from a place, their name cannot be on the voter list of that place,” he said. “Along with eviction, names will be deleted from the voter list.”

He added: “Their modus operandi is to enter upper and northern Assam now. Our attempt is to ensure that, like lower and central Assam, these parts are not gone.”

अतिक्रमण के ख़िलाफ़ हमारा अभियान जारी रहेगा।

Our strategy now is to ensure that infiltrators, including those already evicted, do not return to encroach upon lands in Upper Assam, the way they did in Lower Assam over the past few decades. pic.twitter.com/1d8rsxaLxT— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 24,...

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