The foreigners’ issue rocked the opening day of Monsoon session of the Assam assembly with Speaker Pranab Gogoi expelling all the 18 legislators of All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for violating the decorum of the House during the question hour on Monday.
The problem started over a question of BJP MLA Ramjit Das, who alleged that in the name of identification and deportation of foreigners, a number of genuine Indian citizens are subjected to harassment by border police. Pointing out that many Hindu Bengali families, known to him, have been served notices to prove credential of being an Indian, Mr Das regretted that a number of genuine Indian citizens were kept in detention camps also.