Committed to secure 'jati, mati, bheti' of Assam people: Sonowal

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said his government was committed to secure 'jati, mati, bheti' (community, land and base) of the people of the state without any compromise, an official release said Wednesday.

"As a son of the soil, I would like to assure everybody that there is no need of being apprehensive in Assam," the release quoted Sonowal as saying at a Bhogali Bihu celebration programme in Nagaon on Tuesday.

Sonowal said certain sections had cast aspersions in the last few days on the avowed objective of the government.

He assured that the rights of the state's people on 'jati, mati and bheti' were secured and nobody should be under the impression that their rights would be violated under any circumstances.

Securing 'jati, mati and bheti' was the poll slogan of the BJP.

The chief minister said no government had taken any pragmatic steps for fulfilling the clauses of the Assam Accord even after several years.

"However, the present government at the Centre under the .