India, March 28 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said his Government will "break the backbone" of Bangladeshi Miyas in the state if the BJP-led coalition returns to power in next month's election. He asserted that the Government will work to build a "strong Assamese society" and the illegal migrants will no longer be able to dare the indigenous community.

Addressing an election campaign meeting at Dhakuakhana in Lakhimpur district, Sarma said, "We have worked very hard for the indigenous people of the state, and those who came from Bangladesh and encroached on Assam's land and homes, we broke their hands and legs, politically." "This time, we will break the very backbone of the Bangladeshi Miyas, so that they cannot ...