On Wednesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that ‘changing demography’ is a significant concern for him, noting that the Muslim population in Assam has now reached 40 percent.
#WATCH | Ranchi | Assam CM & BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma says, “…Changing demography is a big issue for me. In Assam, Muslim population has reached 40% today. In 1951, it was 12%. We have lost many districts. This is not a political issue for me. It is a matter of life and… pic.twitter.com/N11lpEGUfg
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed that changing demographics is a significant concern for him. He noted that the Muslim population in Assam has reached 40 percent, up from 12 percent in 1951. He emphasized that this issue is not political for him but rather a matter of life and death, as reported
On July 1, Sarma mentioned that criminal activities by a segment of people from a ‘particular religion’ were a matter of concern, without specifying any community.
“I am not saying that crime is committed only by people of a particular religion but recent incidents since the just concluded Lok Sabha elections is a matter of concern,” Sarma had said.
On June 23, Sarma claimed that members of the Bangladeshi minority community voted for Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, disregarding the development work carried out by the BJP-led governments at the state and central levels.
He also added that the Bangladeshi-origin minority community is the only one in Assam that indulges in communalism.
In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-AGP-UPPL coalition won 11 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, while the Congress secured the remaining three.
In the recently concluded general elections, the BJP and its allies lost some ground in the northeastern states, winning 15 out of 24 seats. The opposition Congress gained seven seats, an increase from the four it previously held.
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