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In early 2026, ahead of Assam's assembly election, authorities in Andheri Jullirani, on Guwahati's outskirts in Kamrup district, demolished homes of indigenous Muslims, citing illegal encroachment on forest reserve and special land.

Displaced families claim officials rejected their property documents without review. Those affected now shelter in makeshift huts, vulnerable to flooding, facing severe food shortages and destitution. Community protests have temporarily halted some land seizures, yet eviction campaigns persist across Assam.

Political candidates canvassing the area promise support in exchange for votes, whilst core issues of homelessness, unemployment and displacement remain largely absent from election debates.

Reporter: Ashlin Mathew
Camera: Suresh K Pandey
Editor: Sudhanshu

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00:00We are standing in front of Anderi Jullirani in Kamrub district, which is on the outskirts
00:05of Guwahati.
00:07Elections have been announced for April 9th.
00:09We are standing in the inner district where indigenous Muslims homes were destroyed in
00:16the name of eviction.
00:17This has been happening all across Assam, in Gualpara, in Moriabari, in Barpeta.
00:23But whether this will become a major issue or a minor issue is yet to be seen.
00:27During some of the local debates and campaigns, the Chief Minister has been talking about
00:33illegal encroachment and migration.
01:18How many months have you come here?
01:22It's been 4 months.
01:25How many months have you come here?
01:30Why are you living here in Burma?
01:34Why are you living here in Burma?
01:35In Burma, you are living here in Burma, in Burma.
01:38What will you do?
01:38That is why we are living here in Burma.
01:41What will you do to live?
01:44What will you do to live?
01:45In the rain, people will bring water.
01:47It will grow up in the river, it will grow up in the river, it will grow up in the
01:53river.
01:53What will we do? We went to forestry, but it broke down the river.
02:00Why did you broke down there?
02:02It is a small land, it is a small tree.
02:06It broke down the river.
02:07It broke down the river, it broke down the river.
02:17It was no longer going to do it.
02:18Yes, it was just a month.
02:20It will not be a home.
02:22It is a place where you live to.
02:26When you have a place left, you are living with a tree.
02:29When you live with a tree, we will read the wall.
02:30When you are living with a tree, it will come down the water.
02:34If you are living with a tree, then that is the place.
02:37We are just living in the house, we are living in the house.
02:42We are living here.
02:44The government has built a house, so we have to run away and run away.
02:51We have to go where to go.
02:55We have to buy a little bit of money.
02:58The government has to buy a house.
03:00Do you want to go to the house?
03:02Yes, I want to go to the house.
03:04What do you want to go to the house?
03:05We have to go to the house.
03:07We have to go to the house.
03:08We have to go to the house.
03:11We have to go to the house.
03:15There are other issues in the land too.
03:17There is lack of employment.
03:19There is rural displacement.
03:22There is migration to other states.
03:24None of this has come up yet.
03:26There are murmurs of it.
03:28As far as politics goes, BJP hasn't announced their candidates.
03:32Congress has announced two lists of their candidates, around 65 of them.
03:37In this area where we are standing, there was a movement to give land to Adani.
03:43There was a wetland here, but the All-Assam-Rabha Students' Union came together and protested.
03:51So for now, that has been stopped.
03:53And as a result, Congress gave the ticket to a Rabha leader from this area.
04:16After this election, Congress will make a better decision in Congress?
04:29It is very easy and simple, but if there is no problem, it is the other one.
04:42Does Zubin Garh case happen?
04:45Yes, it will happen.
04:48It will be a hundred percent.
04:49All these people are trapped.
04:53They have been wandering around for the past five years.
05:00They have been trapped in the middle of the government.
05:03They are doing the same, they are doing it.
05:07They will not be trapped in the middle of the government.
05:15For now, that's all that is happening in Assam.
05:19Once the coalitions are firmed up and the political campaigning reaches a crescendo,
05:28we shall know what will happen here with Cameraperson Suresh Pante.
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