DHAKA: Focusing on security issues in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will go ahead with the land swapping agreement with Bangladesh for a permanent solution to the infiltration problem.

“I know Assam’s problems. I assure you all that there will be no compromise on Assam’s security. Land swapping will be done for a permanent solution,” he remarked in a BJP workers’ meeting, reports the Z News.

“I know the sentiment of Assamese people regarding land swapping deal. I assure you, we will move ahead considering the country’s and Assam’s welfare. Assam will gain in long term even if it looks like losing in short term,” he said.

The government will close all roads to the forces, who are destroying the state ‘on a daily basis’ and the law will take its own course to punish them, he said.

Everything will be done for development and job generation in the North East, Modi added.

“BJP government has only one motto and it is development. No party had the courage to fight elections on the development issue. In Maharashtra, Haryana and now in Jharkhand, all parties are talking about development,” he said.

BDST: 1633 HRS, NOV 29, 2014