Guwahati, April 2 -- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the Assam Government's action against the "illegal immigrants" should not be linked to the Muslim community, reiterating the party's stance to disallow voting rights to Bangladeshi citizens in the interest of the nation.

Speaking to ANI, Nitin Gadkari accused the Opposition of "communalising" the issue for "vote bank politics", giving precedence to their "political interest" over national interest.

"In the whole world, action is taken against people who enter a country illegally. This should not be linked to any religion. I am not against the Muslims living in Assam. It cannot be right to give voting rights to Bangladeshi citizens who have entered Assam. We have onl...