Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asked people not to sell land or give employment to \"unknown\" people as he inaugurated a martyr's memorial in memory of 860 Assamese people who had died during the anti-foreigners movement, known as the Assam Agitation, 40 years ago.
\"The unknown people entered our Nam Ghars, satras, Kaziranga, killed the rhinos and tried to eliminate our pride. The indigenous people in Goalpara and Dhubri district have been reduced to minorities and launched attack on our economic freedom by getting into all sorts of work. They even challenged us by threatening economic boycott. They also occupied the land of our holy Batadrava than,\" Sarma told the crowd including family members of the Assam Agitation martyrs, who were invited for inaug

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