NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP
Asaduddin Owaisi
on Wednesday said that Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
is a
liar
and he hates
Muslims
. Owaisi's remarks came after Sarma during a press conference in Ranchi said that the Muslim population in Assam has reached 40% and it has become "a matter of life and death" for the state's indigenous population.
"The CM of Assam is among the top 5 liars of India.
In 1951, the Muslim population was 24.68 per cent. He is a liar, and he hates Muslims of Assam. In 1951, there was Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya were not there. In 2001, the Muslim population was 30.92 per dent and in 2011 census, 34.22 per cent. Due to his lies, the entire administration hates the Muslims," said Owaisi.
Sarma who have been made incharge of polls in Jharkhand said that Jharkhand should treat Assam as a cautionary tale of how demographic change caused by "infiltration from Bangladesh"
"In Assam, Muslim population is 40%. It was 12% in 1951. We lost districts due to infiltration and demographic change...It isn't a political issue for me. I keep fighting this day in and out," said Sarma.
"We don't want this state to suffer the way Assam is suffering. They (JMM, Congress) are misleading everyone by putting the blame on Centre. But let me tell you, central forces can't stop infiltration. If it is happening in Khunti district, Centre can't do anything. It is state govt's job. I do this regularly in Assam," he added.
He also alleged that "appeasement politics" by the Hemant Soren govt had triggered a "land jihad", where illegal immigrants were luring tribals into fake marriages to usurp land.
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