Updated: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said Srimanta Sankaradeva had warned of illegal immigration Share Article AAA Hojai: UP CM and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath during an election campaign rally for the upcoming Assam assembly polls, in Hojai district, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said Srimanta Sankaradeva had warned of illegal immigration Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called 17th century Ahom general Lachit Borphukan a freedom fighter who contributed to India’s independence from colonialism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said medieval saint-reformer Srimanta Sankaradeva had premonitions of illegal immigration in Assam. The problem of illegal immigration in Assam is widely believed to be an outcome of the British rule, the Partition of India in 1947 and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.