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‘4 Lakh-5 Lakh Miya Votes Will Be Deleted From Assam Poll Rolls During SIR’: Assam CM
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma vows to remove 400,000 to 500,000 Miya voters amid electoral roll revision and eviction drives targeting the community.
- On Tuesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said four lakh to five lakh Miya voters will be deleted when the special intensive revision comes to Assam and declared his job is to `make them suffer`.
- The poll panel says the state is undergoing a special revision of voter rolls, with notices served to thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslims and the BJP-led Assam government reclaiming close to 1.5 lakh bighas this month.
- The draft electoral roll published December 27, 2025 shows 2.51 crore voters after marking 4.78 lakh dead, 5.23 lakh shifted, and deleting 53,619 entries, while poll authorities claimed 100% verification covering more than 61 lakh households and six opposition parties submitted a memorandum alleging violations.
- Opposition leaders reacted sharply, saying several parties filed police complaints accusing BJP of deleting voters, with Akhil Gogoi and Aman Wadud denouncing pressure and constitutional breaches as Assembly polls approach.
- The `Miya` label, as reported, is derogatory for Bengali-origin Muslims often accused of being undocumented migrants; Sarma said they should vote in Bangladesh and claimed officials arranged they cannot vote in Assam.
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‘Miya Muslims’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Links Electoral Roll Revision to Identifying Foreigners, Says BJP Submitted Nearly 5 Lakh Complaints
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asserted that Miyas, a term coined for Bangladeshi origin Muslim are living in the state and said the BJP has filed nearly five lakh complaints during the ongoing Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls, terming the exercise a “national responsibility” to identify foreigners.
'4-5 Lakh Miya Votes Will Be Cut During Assam SIR': Himanta Sarma
Votes of at least 4 lakh Miyas (a derogatory term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam) will be struck off voter lists when a Special Intensive Revision is held in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.
·New Delhi, India
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