Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Says Hindu Migrants Welcome, Muslim Migrants Are Our Enemy

[Reichsmarschall]

• Indrani BasuNews Editor, HuffPost India

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Indian candidate Himanta Biswa Sarma (2nd L) of the BJP is accompanied by supporters on the way to file nomination papers from Jalukbari Assembly Constituency in Guwahati on March 21 2016.

It is the Bharatiya Janata Party's policy to differentiate between Hindu and Muslim migrants from Bangladesh to Assam, according to state cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"We clearly do," the state education, health and finance minister told The Indian Express. "After all, the country was divided in the name of religion. Thus it is not a new thing."


He told the newspaper that it was unclear if the people of Assam were becoming a minority in their state "from the linguistic aspect or religious aspect, or from a combined attack of both language and religion".


"That is why we must now decide who to go with in order to save ourselves."

ALSO READ: A Battle Of Identities In Assam Elections

Sarma, who is also the convenor of the BJP's North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), was referring to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam, which aims to help Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Sikh migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh to get refuge in India and grant them citizenship.




The BJP had won the assembly elections in Assam by a landslide earlier this year, primarily on the Hindutva ticket of 'protecting Assamese people and their identity' by clamping down on illegal migrants from Bangladesh.


Specifically, Muslim migrants. In fact, Sarma has gone as far as to call Muslim migrants "the enemy".

"We want the Bengali-speaking Hindus to remain with the Assamese people. That is the BJP's viewpoint. It has not changed. It has been the same, both before and after elections," Sarma said on Tuesday.

 

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@zootinali @jaunty @The Huskar @The_Sidewinder
come here,,grab some popcorn n lets see what the pdf has to say

 

[SarthakGanguly]

• Indrani BasuNews Editor, HuffPost India

AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Indian candidate Himanta Biswa Sarma (2nd L) of the BJP is accompanied by supporters on the way to file nomination papers from Jalukbari Assembly Constituency in Guwahati on March 21 2016.

It is the Bharatiya Janata Party's policy to differentiate between Hindu and Muslim migrants from Bangladesh to Assam, according to state cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"We clearly do," the state education, health and finance minister told The Indian Express. "After all, the country was divided in the name of religion. Thus it is not a new thing."


He told the newspaper that it was unclear if the people of Assam were becoming a minority in their state "from the linguistic aspect or religious aspect, or from a combined attack of both language and religion".


"That is why we must now decide who to go with in order to save ourselves."

ALSO READ: A Battle Of Identities In Assam Elections

Sarma, who is also the convenor of the BJP's North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), was referring to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam, which aims to help Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Sikh migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh to get refuge in India and grant them citizenship.




The BJP had won the assembly elections in Assam by a landslide earlier this year, primarily on the Hindutva ticket of 'protecting Assamese people and their identity' by clamping down on illegal migrants from Bangladesh.


Specifically, Muslim migrants. In fact, Sarma has gone as far as to call Muslim migrants "the enemy".

"We want the Bengali-speaking Hindus to remain with the Assamese people. That is the BJP's viewpoint. It has not changed. It has been the same, both before and after elections," Sarma said on Tuesday.

Good to see them not betraying their poll promises.

"After all, the country was divided in the name of religion. Thus it is not a new thing."

Finally. Some politician speaks like me.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

@zootinali @jaunty @The Huskar @The_Sidewinder
come here,,grab some popcorn n lets see what the pdf has to say

Good to see them not betraying their poll promises.


Finally. Some politician speaks like me.

But but Secular India ,largest Democracy last night dinner with Muslim Friend where we ate Beef biryani

 

[SarthakGanguly]

But but Secular India ,largest Democracy last night dinner with Muslim Friend where we ete Beef biryani

You are having a fit.
Have a beer. Chill down.

 

[Śakra]

bangladeshis have manipulated the demographics in Assam making the indigenous population a minority now.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

You are having a fit.
Have a beer. Chill down.

lol this is the news i wanted to hear but you should do more teach those Vedic Muslims a lesson for their whole life,they deserve it back in 47 they rejected the idea of Pakistan now they are paying for that,i wish Indian govt also launch a Blue star like operation against them
for me good thing is that hindus are proving whatever The guy below said was right

 

[haviZsultan]

It won't stop muslims from taking what is rightfully theirs and if not given, they will puncture India and make another Pakistan. The partition is still incomplete since all of us muslims are not in one single, homogeneous state.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

lol this is the news i wanted to hear but you should do more teach those Vedic Muslims a lesson for their whole life,they deserve it back in 47 they rejected the idea of Pakistan now they are paying for that,i wish Indian govt also launch a Blue star like operation against them
for me good thing is that hindus are proving whatever The guy below said was right
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What about Pakistani Hindus then?

In any case, thank you Jinnah.

 

[Russell]

Is it election time again? This shit is so tedious.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

It won't stop muslims from taking what is rightfully theirs and if not given, they will puncture India and make another Pakistan. The partition is still incomplete since all of us muslims are not in one single, homogeneous state.

All of Muslims in Pakistan are not one homogenous state either

 

[PlugnPlay]

@zootinali @jaunty @The Huskar @The_Sidewinder
come here,,grab some popcorn n lets see what the pdf has to say

What seems to be the problem ?

That was the basis of the Two nation theory, was it not ? India for Non Muslim (Hindus) and pakistan & Bangladesh for muslims.

Nothing wrong or inappropriate in what he said. He only said what Jinnah and Gandhi and Nehru said and DID a few decades ago.

 

[SrNair]

He is right

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Good to see them not betraying their poll promises.


Finally. Some politician speaks like me.

I am already having a blast.

 

[lightoftruth]

Desperate times calls for desperate measures.

Time to save Assam.