‘Matter of life & death’ says Assam CM on Muslim population rise

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that Muslim community population is rising in the state, Assam.

He said, “I come from Assam and demographic change is a big issue for me. Muslim population in my state is 40 per cent now, which was 12 per cent in 1951. It is not a political issue for me, but a matter of life and death.”

Assam CM who is also the BJP’s Jharkhand election co-in charge, accused Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for converting Jharkhand into a mini-Bangladesh.

Sarma said, “The infiltrators come to Jharkhand and marry tribal girls to grab their land. I call for a law in Jharkhand that should have a provision that tribal girls cannot marry infiltrators.”