Hindi-speaking people can’t be deprived of their right to vote

Health Minister Dr. Himant Biswa Sarma is reported to have said in a statement that the Hindi speaking people coming from the different states and living in Assam would also be tried under the Assam Accord to see if they had any right to vote to elect the peoples’ representatives from the state in any election. The BJP leader Mrs Bijoya Chakravarty reacting to the statement made by Mr. Sarma said that under the constitution of the country every Indian citizen had the right to live any part of the country where ever he or she liked to. The Hindi Speaking people who came to Assam in the search of their bread can not be denied their right to vote under any accord whats of Assam Accord as it is their constitutional right, Mrs Chakravarty added. The BJP leader calling the statement a motivated move of the Congress said that if the state Government would proceed with the view of Mr Sarma the BJP would strongly oppose the move and resort to agitation at both state and national level.