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Asserting that the BJP volition expanse the Assembly polls successful Assam adjacent year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a excavation astatine State Congress main Gaurav Gogoi connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025), stating that aft losing, helium tin contention elections successful Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters connected the sidelines of a programme successful Chamata successful Nalbari district, Mr. Sarma alleged that the Congress was doing politics implicit the decease of vocalist Zubeen Garg, successful an effort to support the 'Miyas' who person encroached acres of onshore crossed the State.
Asked astir Mr. Gogoi's connection that the concern successful the Northeastern State was antithetic from Bihar, wherever the BJP-led NDA registered a landslide triumph successful the precocious concluded Assembly polls, the CM claimed, "Assam is Assam and we volition marque a cleanable expanse successful the Assembly elections."
"He (Gogoi) volition 100 per cent suffer the polls successful Assam, and past helium tin contention the elections successful Pakistan," Mr. Sarma added.
The CM has been attacking Mr. Gogoi implicit the past fewer months, alleging that helium and his woman person a transportation with the Pakistani quality bureau ISI. He had besides acceptable up an SIT to probe the links, but is yet to marque the findings public.
"The Congress is chiefly acrophobic astir 'Miyas', and the radical of Assam volition not ballot for those who enactment them," helium said.
He alleged that the Congress was doing authorities implicit Garg's decease truthful that they tin "protect" 'Miyas' and the State authorities bash not evict them from encroached lands.
"When Zubeen was alive, they (Congress) were not acrophobic astir him. The Congress began speaking astir him aft his death, to prevention the 'Miyas'," helium claimed.
"Have Muslims enactment up Zubeen's photograph successful immoderate mosque? But, Hindus person honoured him astatine Durga Puja pandals and different festivals, including the just-concluded Ras Mahotsav. People are present realising the truth. There is nary constituent successful warring america connected these issues, arsenic we person the motivation courageousness to archer the truth. We bash not bash authorities with emotion but with hard work," Mr. Sarma said.
Garg's decease successful Singapore successful September became a turning constituent successful Assam's socio-political landscape, uniting radical crossed communities and faiths successful a communal request for justice.
Lakhs of radical poured onto the streets to clasp those successful powerfulness accountable, arsenic respective high-profile names surfaced successful transportation with the icon's death.
The Opposition has been claiming that the BJP authorities nether Mr. Sarma, accused of pursuing divisive authorities by specifically targeting ‘Miyas’ — a pejorative for Bengali-speaking Muslims — done eviction drives, recovered itself connected the backmost ft arsenic radical began to unite crossed communities.
