The World - News from Aug. 19, 1985
The Indian government dissolved the Assam state legislature to prepare for new elections as part of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s settlement with the majority of the state’s citizens, who are opposed to harboring recent waves of immigrants. Assam’s chief minister, Hiteswar Saikia, will lead a caretaker government in the oil-rich state pending elections, which will use new voter lists that exclude illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
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