Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has reacted after a former Planning Commission member under the ex-PM Manmohan Singh government, Syeda Hameed, said that "Bangladeshis can live in Assam". Himanta said, "Let me make it very clear, Bangladeshis are not welcome in Assam, it is not their land." "Anyone sympathising with them may accommodate them in their own backyards," he added.