Has the northeast ever considered mainland Indians as their own brothers and sisters? The northeast expects respect, understanding and acceptance from rest of India but has it ever extended the same to people from rest of India?
The way non-Assamese people were hounded and intimidated and massacred during the Assam Agitation remains fresh on everyone’s minds. Nobody has forgotten how the Bengalis and Biharis and many other communities were repeatedly targeted by xenophobic mobs with full support of the state government of Assam.
Has the northeast ever considered mainland Indians as their own brothers and sisters? The northeast expects respect, understanding and acceptance from rest of India but has it ever extended the same to people from rest of India?
The way non-Assamese people were hounded and intimidated and massacred during the Assam Agitation remains fresh on everyone’s minds. Nobody has forgotten how the Bengalis and Biharis and many other communities were repeatedly targeted by xenophobic mobs with full support of the state government of Assam.