Assam Assembly clears Bill to allot ‘labour line’ land to tea workers

The Assam Assembly Friday passed an amendment bill which will enable the government to distribute land in tea estates’ labour lines among the workers for housing ownership, amid noisy scenes created by opposition AIUDF demanding land rights in ‘char’ (riverine) areas inhabited mostly by Bengali-speaking Muslims.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The ruling BJP legislators countered the commotion by raising ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and Chief Minister ‘Himanta Biswa Sarma zindabad’ slogans, as AIUDF MLAs trooped into the well of the House with posters and slogans demanding land ‘patta’ in char areas.