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Assam not to be allowed to be part of Bangladesh: Gogoi

PTI | By, Guwahati
Dec 27, 2010 06:46 PM IST

Assam would never be allowed to be a part of Bangladesh and that the interests of the people of the state would be looked after, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.

Assam would never be allowed to be a part of Bangladesh and that the interests of the people of the state would be looked after, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said.

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Gogoi's comment followed VHP international general secretary Praveen Togadia's assertion on Sunday that Assam would soon be a part of greater Bangladesh if people did not start a democratic movement to free it from encroachment by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

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"We will never allow Assam to turn into Bangladesh as claimed by Praveen Togadia. We all will fight against any move to make Assam a part of Bangladesh," Gogoi said at a function to launch a book on him here.

Asserting he was a secularist, Gogoi said he wanted people of all religions to fight against illegal foreigners.

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