BJP urges North-East Indians to return to Maharashtra, Karnataka

SHILLONG: BJP today urged the North-East students and professionals, who had left Maharashtra and Karnataka in the wake of spread of "anti-national" messages on Assam violence, to return as situation was normal.

"Action is being taken against those who were involved in spreading anti-national messages. These places are safe and situation is normal. Students and employees should come back to their workplaces," BJP's Mumbai unit chief Raj Purohit told reporters here.

"Besides BJP has set up help lines to assist anyone in crisis there," he said.

N S Kohli, a senior national functionary of BJP, said successive Congress governments both at the Centre and in Assam allowed illegal migrants in Assam for electoral gain.