Chinese community in Assam want minority status from state

The Assamese Chinese community has never been on the radar of political parties as their miniscule size don't make them a powerful vote bank. "I will be happy if the government recognises us at least as an ethnic minority group. If we could receive some kind of recognition initially and thereafter some sort of help to maintain our ethnic heritage, that will be great," says the Mumbai educated management graduate, who now looks after the family business of manufacturing tea garden machinery. Watch more videos: http://www.ndtv.com/video?yt Download the NDTV news app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...