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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025) said helium had instructed the constabulary to registry a lawsuit of treason against Congress leaders of Sribhumi territory for singing the nationalist anthem of Bangladesh astatine a enactment meeting.
Addressing a property league present aft a Cabinet meeting, Mr. Sarma besides alleged that singing the anthem was the Opposition party’s endorsement of the assertion by a conception of leaders successful Bangladesh that the full northeast portion was portion of the neighbouring nation.
The State Congress claimed that the BJP was creating an “unnecessary controversy” arsenic it had nary different contented to divert people’s attention.
The Chief Minister said, “The Congress gathering started with the singing of Bangladesh’s nationalist anthem alternatively of the Indian nationalist anthem. It is simply a blatant disrespect to the radical of India and its nationalist anthem.” Mr. Sarma said helium had already instructed the constabulary to registry a lawsuit of treason nether assorted Sections of the instrumentality against the Sribhumi District Congress Committee and its leaders.
In a Seva Dal gathering astatine the territory Congress bureau successful Sribhumi municipality connected Tuesday, the leaders started the proceedings aft singing 2 lines of the Bangladeshi National Anthem ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written by Nobel laureate writer Rabindranath Tagore, who besides penned the Indian National Anthem.
The video of the performance, which surfaced connected societal media, shows that lone the vocalist was lasting portion reciting the 2 lines and each different attendees were sitting.
‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ was written by Tagore successful 1905 erstwhile the archetypal partition of Bengal took spot during British rule.
Mr. Sarma said, “The Bangladesh nationalist anthem was performed by showing the aforesaid respect we bash for our nationalist anthem. We cannot judge singing the Bangladesh nationalist anthem successful Assam.”
He said the Congress leaders would beryllium arrested by the police, and ineligible steps would beryllium initiated accordingly.
“It is successful enactment with the caller assertion of assorted Bangladeshi starring citizens that yet the northeast volition beryllium portion of Bangladesh. We spot that the recitation of the nationalist anthem by the territory Congress committee is someway an endorsement of the assertion of assorted Bangladeshi radical and authorities that the northeast is their portion and parcel,” Mr. Sarma said.
After the video of the gathering surfaced connected Tuesday, Fisheries Minister Krishnendu Paul claimed, “The Congress gave commencement to Pakistan and Bangladesh was a portion of Pakistan. So, to amusement their emotion for Bangladesh, the nationalist anthem of Bangladesh was sung by the Congress (leaders).” He further said instructions were issued to the territory commissioner to instrumentality ineligible enactment aft confirming the information down the incident.
Responding to the controversy, Sribhumi District Congress president Tapas Purkayastha said, “Don’t play authorities with Rabindranath Tagore. Our pride, 85-year-old writer Vidhu Bhushan Das, sang lone 2 lines of the song. Criticising this opus means insulting Rabindranath Tagore.”
State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi besides criticised the BJP and said the ruling enactment was creating “unnecessary controversies” arsenic it had nary different contented to divert people’s attention.
“The BJP is trying to politicise it, but they are deliberately ignoring the taste and humanities discourse down it. The BJP has ever claimed to person respected Bengali culture, but successful reality, they person repeatedly insulted the Bengali connection and its people,” helium told reporters here.
Mr. Gogoi besides said that the saffron party’s caller enactment erstwhile again exposed its ignorance of Bengal’s affluent heritage, bequest of Tagore and his philosophy.
“The information is that the BJP lone remembers the Bengali-speaking assemblage during elections for their votes, but has ne'er genuinely tried to recognize their culture, connection oregon extent of thought,” helium added.
Reacting to Mr. Gogoi’s statement, Mr. Sarma successful a property conscionable astatine nighttime said the Sstate Congress main should person expelled the enactment leaders instantly for singing the Bangladeshi nationalist anthem.
“But Gaurav Gogoi astir apt liked it. Because this is simply a task of the Pakistan government. A fewer days agone Muhammad Yunus was fixed a acquisition by Pakistan wherever Tripura and Assam were shown arsenic portion of Bangladesh,” helium added.
The Chief Minister claimed that singing the Bangladesh nationalist anthem, allegedly opposing Assam’s industrialisation by Karnataka’s IT Minister Priyank Kharge and supported by Mr. Gogoi, and the State Congress chief’s “affection for Pakistan” should beryllium looked astatine together.
“The Congress has sent a connection arsenic if Assam is simply a portion of Bangladesh. Therefore, this Congress enactment is Pakistan and Bangladesh’s ‘dot dot’ party. I don’t privation to notation the atrocious words,” helium asserted.
