GUWAHATI, Jan 10 - The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today reiterated its stand on the issue of providing citizenship to the foreigners who came to Assam due to religious persecution in their own countries and asserted that foreigners living in the State should be detected and deported as per the provisions of the Assam Accord.
The AGP also demanded that two more ministerial berths should be provided to the party during the next expansion of the ministry.
The AGP, in its executive meeting held today, decided that it would hold talks with experts on implementation of clauses 6 and 7 of the Assam Accord and forward recommendations to the Central and State Governments.
The meeting decided to launch a fresh membership drive and formed a committee headed by senior leader Phani Bhushan Choudhury to prepare the party to face the panchayat polls.
