NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday made a contemporary declare concerning the Muslim group, saying it can turn into majority within the state by 2041.
Substantiating his claims, the Assam CM mentioned the Muslim inhabitants within the state is rising round 30 per cent each decade, which is almost double the Hindu inhabitants development of 16 per cent.
Himanta mentioned Muslims have now turn into 40 per cent of Assam’s inhabitants as per “statistical sampling”.
“By 2041, Assam will turn into a Muslim-majority state. It is a actuality and no person can cease it,” the Assam CM mentioned, in keeping with information company PTI.
Himanta additionally mentioned that his authorities has taken steps to scale back inhabitants development among the many Muslim group.
In a dig at Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, BJP’s firebrand chief requested him to turn into the “model ambassador of inhabitants management“.
“Congress has an important position in arresting the inhabitants development of Muslims… If Rahul Gandhi turns into the model ambassador of inhabitants management, it will likely be contained because the group solely listens to him,” Himanta mentioned.
A number of days in the past, Himanta, who’s BJP’s ballot in-charge in Jharkhand, stoked an enormous controversy after he instructed the state to deal with Assam as a cautionary story of how demographic change attributable to “infiltration from Bangladesh” has turn into “a matter of life and loss of life” for the Assam’s indigenous inhabitants.
Talking in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, Himanta mentioned: “In Assam, Muslim inhabitants is 40 per cent. It was 12 per cent in 1951. We misplaced districts as a consequence of infiltration and demographic change…It is not a political concern for me. I hold combating this present day out and in,” Sarma mentioned on the sidelines of conferences to take inventory of the BJP’s ballot preparations.
Rebutting Himanta’s declare, Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur mentioned Sarma should pose inquiries to PM Narendra Modi and residential minister Amit Shah if he genuinely cared for the state and the nation.
“If he or BJP is speaking about infiltration, then it should first settle for that the nation’s borders aren’t secure below the Modi govt,” Thakur mentioned.
Substantiating his claims, the Assam CM mentioned the Muslim inhabitants within the state is rising round 30 per cent each decade, which is almost double the Hindu inhabitants development of 16 per cent.
Himanta mentioned Muslims have now turn into 40 per cent of Assam’s inhabitants as per “statistical sampling”.
“By 2041, Assam will turn into a Muslim-majority state. It is a actuality and no person can cease it,” the Assam CM mentioned, in keeping with information company PTI.
Himanta additionally mentioned that his authorities has taken steps to scale back inhabitants development among the many Muslim group.
In a dig at Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, BJP’s firebrand chief requested him to turn into the “model ambassador of inhabitants management“.
“Congress has an important position in arresting the inhabitants development of Muslims… If Rahul Gandhi turns into the model ambassador of inhabitants management, it will likely be contained because the group solely listens to him,” Himanta mentioned.
A number of days in the past, Himanta, who’s BJP’s ballot in-charge in Jharkhand, stoked an enormous controversy after he instructed the state to deal with Assam as a cautionary story of how demographic change attributable to “infiltration from Bangladesh” has turn into “a matter of life and loss of life” for the Assam’s indigenous inhabitants.
Talking in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, Himanta mentioned: “In Assam, Muslim inhabitants is 40 per cent. It was 12 per cent in 1951. We misplaced districts as a consequence of infiltration and demographic change…It is not a political concern for me. I hold combating this present day out and in,” Sarma mentioned on the sidelines of conferences to take inventory of the BJP’s ballot preparations.
Rebutting Himanta’s declare, Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur mentioned Sarma should pose inquiries to PM Narendra Modi and residential minister Amit Shah if he genuinely cared for the state and the nation.
“If he or BJP is speaking about infiltration, then it should first settle for that the nation’s borders aren’t secure below the Modi govt,” Thakur mentioned.
