Won’t Let ‘Miya’ Muslims Take Over Assam, Says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma After 14-Year-Old Girl Gangraped (Watch Video)
Replying to the motion, Assam CM said the crime rate has not increased if the population growth is taken into account. When the opposition charged him of being partisan, Himanta Biswa Sarma retorted, 'I will take sides. What can you do about it?'
Dispur, August 27: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he would take sides, and won't let 'Miya' Muslims "take over" the Assam. Sarma was speaking in the assembly on adjournment motions brought by the opposition parties to discuss the law and order situation in the state in the backdrop of the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Nagaon.
Replying to the motion, he said the crime rate has not increased if the population growth is taken into account. When the opposition charged him of being partisan, Sarma retorted, "I will take sides. What can you do about it?" Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Tries His Hands on Traditional Dhol in Jharkhand’s Ranchi, Video Surfaces.
‘Won’t Let ’Miya’ Muslims Take Over Assam’
"Why will people from Lower Assam go to Upper Assam? So that Miya Muslims can take over Assam? We won't let it happen," he asserted. Amid the heated debate, members of both treasury and opposition benches stormed into the Well of the House, prompting Speaker Biswajit Daimary to adjourn the proceedings for 10 minutes. Himanta Biswa Sarma Says Future of Assam Is ‘Not Secure’ As Population Balance Between Hindus-Muslims Eroding.
MLAs of Congress, AIUDF, and CPI(M), and lone Independent legislator Akhil Gogoi had moved four adjournment motions for discussion on the situation arising out of increasing crimes in the state, including crimes against women.