Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, "The foreign nationals who enter our country from abroad: should they be granted the right to vote?... No nation can permit such unauthorised entry. Therefore, I have come here to make an earnest appeal to you: we must save Assam, we must save the nation; we must ensure the development of Assam, and the development of the country. To achieve this, you must ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party wins this election with an absolute majority..."