They are neither migrants nor considered indigenous enough, he said here.
He said "I have personally visited a dozen villages and found their condition miserable. Recently, Assamese Sikhs has raised their voice for reservation and I myself seconded it."
Notably, the population of Assamese Sikhs is estimated to be 12,000, of whom 7,000 are voters.
Barkola, 125 km east of Guwahati, has a majority of them sharing space with nine indigenous communities, he said.
"At 0.87% of Assam's total population, we are a minority among minorities, but do not figure in schemes for minorities," he said.