Guwahati, Nov. 10 -- Assam State BJP on Monday alleged that the people of East Bengal-origin Muslims, "who pose a threat to our culture and civilisation," seem to be more "valuable" to the Congress than the indigenous people of Assam.

"If we look at the consequences of Congress' instigation, during their tenure illegal East Bengal-origin Muslims spread across the state, aggressively intruding upon the language, culture, history, satras, temples, monasteries, and educational institutions of the indigenous Assamese people," Assam State BJP spokesperson Mominul Aowal alleged in a statement.

According to a press statement issued by the Assam State BJP stated that, this "pushed the community into a serious crisis"

"They even encroached upon...