Guwahati, Nov. 4 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, November 4, said he won't stop until every inch of "our land" is "reclaimed", responding to videos of mass eviction drives that displaced thousands of families from a Muslim-dominant area.

More than 4,500 people from about 550 families watched their houses being demolished on November 1, after multiple bulldozers arrived at the Alamganj Part IX locality. The district administration said the houses, mosques, and other establishments in the area were illegally constructed on government land.

The victims, all Bengali-speaking Muslims, raised slogans against the civic action as the administration tore down their houses. Videos of the incident were widely circulated o...