Assam CM: Silence Could Lead to CM from ‘Unknown People’ in 20 Years

GUWAHATI: Issuing a stern warning that a CM from "unknown people" will hoist the national flag in Assam in 20 years if Assamese people remain silent, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday took a pledge to fight for survival and clear every piece of land from encroachment.

Hoisting the national tricolour on the occasion of Independence Day, CM Sarma did not clarify who the “unknown people” are, though he used the expression several times in his speech in an apparent reference to Bengali-speaking Muslims.

Later in a post on his X handle, the CM’s Hindi post in this regard was translated to English as, “If we do not act now, in just a few years, Assam's demography will change in such a way that even the chief minister will be from the community of infiltrators.”

CM Sarma also appealed to the indigenous people to take a pledge to fight for survival and said that his government will clear every piece of land from unauthorised occupancy. He said his government has cleared encroachments from 1.2 lakh bighas of land, which is a part of that fight.

"Like love jihad, now a section is trying to threaten Assamese identity by indulging in land jihad. Through a series of evictions, we have given the message that our government will never compromise," CM Sarma added. He further said that "unknown" people's aggression changed the demography of lower and central Assam, and then they eyed upper and north Assam.

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