Guwahati, July 8 -- Hundreds of residents from Basalguri, Shilgara and Malgaon villages in western Assam's Kokrajhar district staged a protest on Monday against the proposed eviction of indigenous Koch Rajbongshi families, alleging that their land would be handed over to the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) and the Adani Group for a thermal plant project.

Raising slogans of "Will give blood, won't give land," the protesters accused the Assam government of attempting to dispossess indigenous communities from land they have occupied for generations.

The demonstration was organised by the All Kokrajhar East District Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union and the All Dhubri East District Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union.

The protes...