We're fighting infiltration, not our own people, says Assam CM
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Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday hit back at his Bengal counterpart
Mamata Banerjee
following her social media allegations that BJP was pursuing a "divisive agenda in Assam". Sarma said his administration's stance targeted "unchecked" Muslim infiltration from across the border and not its own citizens.
In response to Banerjee's claims that the Assam govt was threatening Bengali-speaking residents for asserting their linguistic identity, Sarma accused her of jeopardizing Bengal's future by allegedly promoting illegal encroachment by a "particular community" for electoral gains.
Sarma posted on X: "Didi, let me remind you — in Assam, we are not fighting our own people. We are fearlessly resisting the ongoing, unchecked Muslim infiltration from across the border, which has already caused an alarming demographic shift.
In several districts, Hindus are now on the verge of becoming a minority in their own land."
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He said this was not a political narrative, but a reality. "Even the Supreme Court of India termed such infiltration as external aggression. And yet, when we rise to defend our land, culture, and identity, you choose to politicise it," he added.
"We do not divide people by language or religion," Sarma said, adding that Assamese, Bangla, Bodo, Hindi — all languages and communities have coexisted in Assam. Sarma said no civilisation can survive if it refuses to protect its borders.
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