Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the upcoming elections in the state will be a fight to protect the nation (Swadesh) & own community (Swajati). He has also repeatedly vowed to 'push back illegal immigrants from Bangladesh'. These comments have been made by the Chief Minister ahead of Assembly Elections in the state. Watch 2016 #NationalInterest, where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta argued how RSS changed Assam's political fault line from anti-outsider to anti-migrant to anti-Muslim infiltrator, and simply borrowed leadership from other parties. Read the text version here: https://theprint.in/sg-national-interest/assams-35-year-saffronisation-2/544431/
