The Assam Nagorik Sanmilani, led by academician Hiren Gohain and retired IPS officer Harekrishna Deka, said that the BJP’s divisive politics has “hollowed out the Assamese identity from within”. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Days after activist-turned-MLA Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal to join the Congress-led bloc, a citizens’ collective said the Opposition unity must translate into an anti-BJP verdict in the April 9 Assembly election in Assam. The Assam Nagorik Sanmilani, led by academician Hiren Gohain and retired IPS officer Harekrishna Deka, said that the BJP’s divisive politics has “hollowed out the Assamese identity from within”. It said that the BJP-led government handed over the State’s vital natural resources to multinationals over the past 10 years. “The rule of law has vanished; the Chief Minister’s word now passes for law. The people of Assam have no choice but to remove this government, and another five years in power would spell disaster for ordinary citizens,” it said in a statement on Sunday. Insisting that the decision of six Opposition parties to strike a seat-sharing deal …