The 2021 assembly election shows that Assamese nationalism and the BJP and RSS Hindutva have coalesced, with Bengali-origin Muslims, or Miya, as the Other.
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The northeast Indian state of Assam, which is due to vote in state assembly elections over three days in March-April, is witnessing a three-cornered fight. Pitted against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led front in the state are the Congress-led
Mahajot or “grand alliance,” and a regional combine comprising of two newly formed parties.
Opinion polls predict that the BJP and its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an Assamese ethnic nationalist party, and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), a Bodo nativist party, will return to power. They are expected to corner 43.8 percent of the vote share and to secure around 72 seats in the 126-member Assam state assembly.
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»Don t Need Miya Muslim Vote, They are Very Communal, Says Himanta Sarma Ahead of Assam Polls
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Don t Need Miya Muslim Vote, They are Very Communal, Says Himanta Sarma Ahead of Assam Polls
File Photo of Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the ruling BJP will not give tickets to those identifying themselves as Miya Muslims and he also urged Congress to do the same.
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Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, state health, education and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the BJP does not need votes from the Bengali-origin Muslim community in the state elections, often referred to as the ‘Miya’ Muslims to win the elections. The state minister also went on to say that the community is ‘openly challenging Assamese culture and language and the composite Indian culture”.