The Assam government, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is planning a large eviction drive in Golaghat as part of its efforts to remove illegal land encroachments by suspected migrants. The drive will clear approximately 10,000 bighas (about 3,300 acres) of forest land in the Rengma Reserve Forest at Uriamghat, located near the Nagaland border.

Around 2,000 families are expected to be affected. These families are accused of illegally occupying the land and turning it into betel nut plantations, said to be connected to the betel nut mafia. Fearing eviction, many Bengali-speaking Muslims, some of whom are labelled as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, have already left the area and are trying to find shelter elsewhere in Assam.

To support the eviction drive, nearly 700 to 800 police officers, along with teams from the Forest Department and CRPF, have been deployed in and around the Rengma Reserve Forest. Before the eviction, the government had carried out land surveys in 30 villages inside the Rengma Reserve Forest, which falls under the Sarupathar sub-division.

According to the Assam government, most of the people who have settled illegally in the forest come from Muslim-majority areas of Assam, such as Nagaon, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Cachar, Dhubri, Barpeta, and Hojai. The government also claims that many migrants have come from West Bengal and Bihar.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 70% of the encroachers have already left the area on their own. He again stressed that the government is determined to clear and protect the forest and government land. He also shared that, in the last four years, about 1.29 lakh bighas (around 42,500 acres) of land have been cleared of encroachment. However, nearly 29 lakh bighas (more than 9.5 lakh acres) are still illegally occupied across the state.

As Assam carries out this major eviction, the Nagaland government has told its border districts to be on high alert to stop people who may try to cross into Nagaland after being displaced. Meanwhile, the Naga group NSCN (Niki) has reacted strongly, saying the eviction drive is not surprising but seems to be a planned move to take over the Naga ancestral land. They said the area was wrongly labelled as the "Disturbed Area Belt" by the British during colonial times, without the consent of the Naga people. The group also accused the Assam government of helping illegal Bangladeshi migrants settle in these border areas to slowly take over the disputed land.