According to Himanta Biswa Sarma, 40% of Assamese people identify as Muslims.
The Assamese BJP-AGP-UPPL alliance secured 11 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the elections, with the Congress securing the remaining three seats.
Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, stated on Wednesday that the state’s “changing demography” is a major concern, noting that 40% of the state’s population is Muslim.
The remarks were made by Mr. Sarma, who is also in charge of the BJP’s Jharkhand election campaign, outside of a party gathering in this area.
“Being from Assam, I find the changing demographics to be a major concern. The percentage of Muslims in my state has increased from 12% in 1951 to 40% currently. It’s not
a question of life and death, but it’s also a political issue for me,” he informed reporters.
Speaking to party employees earlier, he said that there are more Bangladeshi infiltrators in Jharkhand’s tribal districts.
According to him, the BJP’s manifesto for the next Jharkhand assembly election will have a robust action plan against infiltrators.
Hemant Soren, the chief minister of Jharkhand, came under heavy fire from Sarma, who said that Soren was transforming the state into a “mini-Bangladesh”.
“To obtain land, the infiltrators travel to Jharkhand and wed indigenous girls. “I demand that Jharkhand pass a guideline limiting tribal young women from wedding infiltrators,” he articulated.
He further argued that no development took transpired during the administration of the JMM-led alliance government.
“Previously no university or engineering college opened in the state for five years. The development effort was put on hold. Young people did not receive employment or unemployment benefits, he said.
According to Mr. Sarma, the NDA led 51 assembly segments in the Lok Sabha elections and won nine of the state’s fourteen seats.
