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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that isolated from demographic change, the State is besides witnessing an "economic shift", with Muslims becoming much prosperous, and said this could mean that the "surrender of the Assamese people" has begun.
Addressing a property league aft a Cabinet gathering connected Sunday (November 9, 2025), Mr. Sarma claimed that the maturation of the Hindu colonisation successful the State is coming down, portion that of Muslims is increasing.
"I person the information connected the maturation of the Hindu and Muslim populations betwixt 2001 and 2011. In each artifact of Assam, the maturation of the Hindu colonisation is coming down and the Muslim colonisation is increasing," helium added.
"I person noticed that demographic alteration has taken spot rapidly. In a way, a section of the Assamese people's surrender has begun," Mr. Sarma said.
The CM said that the authorities scrutinises the permissions for the merchantability of onshore betwixt Hindus and Muslims arsenic per a caller directive issued past year. "We are seeing that the merchantability of onshore from Hindus to Muslims is precise high, portion the vice versa is less," helium said.
He, however, stressed that these permissions comprise a batch of Assamese and indigenous Muslims, and the BJP-led authorities does not person immoderate occupation with that.
"Apart from demographic change, determination has been a displacement successful wealthiness instauration arsenic well. So far, we were reasoning that lone the numbers person risen, but present spot that adjacent the wealthiness signifier has changed," Mr. Sarma claimed.
The CM said helium volition aboriginal clasp a elaborate property league connected the taxable and elaborate connected it then. "You tin sometimes judge the demographic alteration successful population, but witnessing an economical displacement signals destruction. Earlier, we did not cognize astir this. But now, we are getting the information arsenic authorities support is required [for the merchantability of land]," the CM said.
Last year, the Assam authorities decided connected the merchantability of onshore betwixt Hindus and Muslims, and made it mandatory to instrumentality consent of the Chief Minister's bureau earlier going ahead.
