I fully agree with mr. goswami that most of our countrymen are ignorant about the North east. They still believe that North east is the land of jungles with no access to modern amenities. Probably, one reason for that is that the respective state govts. of the NE states have not been able to potray North east in the manner it should have been. The Assamese people are simple and patriots to the core of their heart. Perhaps Mr. Sam has not heard of the great freedom fighters from Assam like Kanaklata, Maniram Dewan, Piyali Phukan, Nabin Ch. Bordoloi, Gopinath Bordoloi etc to name a few. To state that the Assamese people wanted independence from India, is to belittle the contribution made by our great freedom fighters and only reflects the level of ignorance of people like Mr. Sam about the North east. Further the Assam agitation launched by AASU and AAGSP was not against the bengali comminity but against the illegal bangladeshi immigrants, who incidentally happen to be bengalis, who have threatened to change the demographic pattern of the North east. Being a bengali myself, settled in Assam, I can vouch for this. So my sincere request to people like Mr. Sam is that please refrain from spreading this kind of disinformation campaign, if you don't know the basics of North east.
