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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, connected Thursday (January 29, 2026), defended his remarks connected the word ‘Miya’, saying they were grounded successful observations made by the Supreme Court alternatively than governmental oregon communal considerations.
In a station connected societal media level X, helium said that his critics should revisit the apex court’s findings connected amerciable migration successful Assam, clarifying that the word was locally utilized successful the discourse of undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim migration. He maintained that his comments reflected judicial concerns expressed years agone astir the standard and interaction of the issue.
“This is not my language, not my imagination, and not governmental exaggeration. These are the court’s ain words,” helium wrote, citing the Supreme Court’s informing of a “silent and invidious demographic penetration of Assam”.
He noted the court’s reflection that continued amerciable migration could pb to the nonaccomplishment of the “geo-strategically captious districts of little (western) Assam”, perchance turning them into Muslim-majority areas and triggering demands for merger with Bangladesh.
The tribunal had cautioned that specified a improvement could sever the northeastern portion from the remainder of India and endanger nationalist unity and earthy resources.
Mr. Sarma said acknowledging these warnings could not beryllium termed communal oregon hateful, stressing that the State’s actions were aimed astatine protecting Assam’s identity, information and future, and not astatine targeting immoderate religion oregon Indian citizen.
