Guwahati:Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday said the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to carry out delimitation in the state will protect Assam’s future.
On December 27, the Election Commission had announced the process of delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam, saying it would be based on Census data from 2001.
Assam currently has 14 Lok Sabha seats and 126 Assembly constituencies.
Interacting with mediapersons on New Year here Mr Sharma said his government’s has surapassed performance in the past year,
He added that Assam Police had been successful in their war against drugs and drugs worth Rs 781 crore were seized in 2022—a quantum jump from previous years. “We are discharging a national duty. We are securing the future of an entire generation,” he said.
Sarma added the government had been successful in busting eight “jihadi” modules in Assam linked to the Ansarullah Bangla Team, a Bangladesh-based terror outfit affiliated with al-Qaida.
The chief minister also said 2022 marked the end of the tribal and Adivasi insurgency in Assam. Regarding the border disputes, he said, “Things were largely in order apart from a few stray incidents.”
