Himanta: Rising Minority Affluence May Signal ‘Assamese Surrender’

Himanta: Rising minority affluence may signal ‘Assamese surrender’

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that apart from demographic change, the state is also witnessing an “economic shift”, with Muslims becoming more prosperous, and said this could mean that the “surrender of the Assamese people” has begun. Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting here on Sunday, Sarma claimed that the growth of the Hindu population in the state is coming down, while that of Muslims is increas…

Muslims becoming prosperous means ‘surrender of Assamese people’: CM spews communal venom

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has again made provocative remarks suggesting that Muslims in the state becoming more prosperous could signal the “surrender of the Assamese people” — a statement widely criticised as divisive and communal.