Indian Government Launches Large-Scale Eviction of Bengali Muslims in Assam

How political forces are reshaping Assam through mass evictions

The controversial eviction drive against Bengali Muslims in India resumed in June 2025Originally published on Global VoicesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gives a speech filled with anti-Miya rhetoric. Screenshot from YouTube. In the 2021 Assam assembly elections, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigned extensively, framing the election as the “last battle of Saraighat” and a final opportunity to safeguard the “Jati, Mati…

Assam: Evicted residents claim government had helped them settle in disputed area in 1970s

About 1,500 Muslim families are being displaced in an eviction drive in Golaghat launched to clear alleged encroachments on forest land.

Indian government launches large-scale eviction of Bengali Muslims in Assam

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The Indian state of Assam has launched a large-scale eviction operation targeting over 2,000 Bengali Muslim families, in what critics describe as the latest chapter in a campaign of forced displacement against the state’s Muslim population. The drive began on Tuesday, and focuses on clearing around 4,900 acres of land in the Rengma Reserve […]

Eviction drive under way for second day in Assam to clear encroachment on 1,500 hectares of forest land

Massive eviction drive in Assam's Golaghat district displacing 1,500 families from forest land, sparking controversy and protests.

Assam: Eviction to clear encroachment on 1,500 hectares of forest land underway for 2nd day

Golaghat (Assam), Jul 30 (PTI) A massive eviction drive to clear alleged encroachment on nearly 1,500 hectares of forest land in Assam’s Golaghat district continued for the second day on Wednesday, officials said. The exercise, once completed, will displace around 1,500 families, mostly from the Muslim community, they added. The eviction drive started on Tuesday […]

Assam Government Launches Mega Eviction Drive to Reclaim thousands of acres of Encroached Forest Land in Uriamghat

Around 2,000 families illegally occupied forest land and turned it into betel nut plantations tied to the betel mafia. Assam Govt has launched this eviction drive to reclaim the land.