LK Advani on AASU agitation in 1985, ULFA, insurgency in Assam, Manipur, Tripura, illegal emigration

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LK Advani, veteran politician who has held many portfolios in the central government as a BJP politician. In an exclusive interview, he talks at length about the insurgency issue in NE Indian states, the AASU Agitation in Assam, illegal migration and forming of ULFA. LK Advani: Illegal emigration in Assam has been a real problem. In fact, the movement of people from what is now Bangladesh to other parts of the NE has been a phenomenon that w have had even before partition. After partition, after the formation of Bangladesh, this became a real issue for Assam and during the student movement in Assam, we were in support of the movement though not in support of any such extreme steps like blockage of oil movement... This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Fil