same lines by the modern-day rulers. Indeed, the troubles of the previous AGP government with regard to the tribal people began in almost similar circumstances when, soon after assuming office, forest officials began 'operations' to evict 'en- croachers' from forest areas. The AGP leadership made a grave political blunder by mechanically applying the provisions of Clause 10 of the Assam Accord, overlooking (following the same political calculations which they had stridently accused the Congress of making) that encroachments of a far more serious kind all over the state
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