Guwahati, July 13 -- Raijor Dal MLAs on Monday staged a protest on the premises of the Assam Legislative Assembly against the arrest of human rights activists Pranab Doley and Aditya Rabha, alleging that the BJP government was targeting those opposing land acquisition in the state.

The legislators, dressed in black shirts and wearing black masks, raised slogans against the arrests.

Speaking to reporters, Raijor Dal MLA Akhil Gogoi alleged that the Assam government was attempting to hand over land to large corporate groups by weakening legal protections for tribal land.

"Yesterday, you saw that a peasant leader from Assam, a farmer leader, Pranab Doley, was arrested. Before that, another leader, a tribal leader, Aditya Rabha, was also a...