The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sootea legislator Padma Hazarika on September 8^th, 2019, vociferously said that he would not allow a single inch of land to any doubtful citizen in his constituency. “I’ll not allow a single inch of land to any doubtful citizen. Already the district administration has issued eviction notices to a total of 285 doubtful families. The government also cannot stop me from making my constituency encroachment-free,” Hazarika said.

Hazarika further said, “I’ll no tolerate anybody who will come from Moirabari, Kharupetia, Dalgaon, Dhubri, Rupahihat and Kolgasia and illegally occupy land here in my constituency.”

Moreover, the MLA said that concerned officials of the state government will visit his constituency on September 9^th, 2019 to conduct a land survey. “Many hectares of government land is under encroachment. Locals of the area have already lodged repeated complaints with the district administration in the matter. So, there is no compromise. Eviction will be conducted,” he added.

The Biswanath district administration recently issued eviction notices to a total of 285 families, who have allegedly encroached land in Assam’s Sootea constituency.