Several police personnel and a government official were injured following a mob attacked them at Sonapur Kachutali area in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district on Thursday when a team of government officials and police went to the area to conduct an assessment of eviction drive.
In a show of solidarity with the affected residents and to counter the Centre's move, the AAP has announced a week-long 'Ghar Bachao, BJP Hatao' campaign starting on January 14.
The district administration and forest department conducted an eviction drive against the illegal encroachers in Assam's Goalpara district on Wednesday.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chaired a meeting of party leaders of Kashmir and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the ongoing eviction drive in Jammu and Kashmir and termed it as a deliberate move by BJP to divert the attention of the people from real issues.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that a magisterial inquiry is being conducted into the Kanpur incident where a mother-daughter duo was burnt alive during an eviction drive and everything will be clear once the report of the inquiry comes.
More than 2000 security personnel including paramilitary, home guards, CRPF, and Assam police have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident during the course of anti-encroachment drive which is going to continue till Thursday, starting Tuesday.