Guwahati: Even because the All Assam Students’ Union, North East Students’ Organization and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti held celebrations on Wednesday, finance minister and BJP’s strongman in the northeastern region, Himanta Biswa Sarma, mentioned the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill not being passed in the Rajya Sabha was once a “defeat for Assam”.
Raising the spectre of the Bangladeshi Muslim migrant over again, Sarma mentioned the bill not turning into an Act approach 17 assembly seats in decrease and central Assam “will move to Bangladeshi Muslims by 2021”. He additionally added that the BJP is not giving up at the proposed legislation and will attempt to get the bill passed every time the party has a majority in the Rajya Sabha.
“I think the bill not getting passed in the Rajya Sabha is a defeat for Assam. Without the bill, 17 (assembly) constituencies in the decrease and central Assam regions will move to Bangladeshi Muslims by 2021. My party and I totally enhance the bill. Today we don't have the specified majority in the Rajya Sabha. But every time we do have majority, we will go the bill. This is a commitment of the BJP,” Sarma mentioned.
He added, “Who will save the (Assamese) group? If we don't have the bill, entire Assam will probably be ruled by Bangladeshi Muslims in 2021. Then Assam’s civilisation, tradition and language will probably be completed forever.”
Soon after Lok Sabha had passed the bill on January 8, Sarma had mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by dint of this proposed legislation, will ensure that 17 assembly seats in Assam will never move to “(AIUDF chief) Badruddin Ajmal and Jinnah”.
Despite fashionable protests against the bill, BJP had attempted to exhausting sell the bill by pointing out that the proposed legislation will supply a constitutional protect to Assam’s indigenous other folks and offer protection to their ‘jaati’ (ethnicity), ‘maati’ (land) and ‘bheti’ (homeland). Claiming that Hindus in Assam would transform a minority within the subsequent five years if the bill was once not passed, Sarma had previous mentioned that Assam had two choices — “both to undertake Jinnah’s legacy or India’s legacy”.
Though many protesters were opposing the proposed legislation for its “religious bias”, Sarma, who had played a stellar function in BJP’s victory in the 2016 Assam assembly polls, by no means made an attempt to gloss over the truth that the bill seeks to grant citizenship at the basis of religion.
Sarma had mentioned that there are 8 lakh Bengali Hindus who've come into Assam from neighbouring nations till December, 2014, out of which five lakh voters are unfold across the 17 constituencies in the decrease and central Assam. “These other folks can't transform MLAs, however they'll work to prevent Ajmal and vote for an Assamese candidate. They would attempt to ensure that handiest Assamese applicants transform MLAs right here,” Sarma had mentioned previous.
He had additionally cautioned the folk that if the bill is stalled in the Rajya Sabha, Assamese will transform minorities and Muslims will transform the majority in those 17 seats. Eight lakh Bengali Hindus will probably be expelled then, he had added.
Raising the spectre of the Bangladeshi Muslim migrant over again, Sarma mentioned the bill not turning into an Act approach 17 assembly seats in decrease and central Assam “will move to Bangladeshi Muslims by 2021”. He additionally added that the BJP is not giving up at the proposed legislation and will attempt to get the bill passed every time the party has a majority in the Rajya Sabha.
“I think the bill not getting passed in the Rajya Sabha is a defeat for Assam. Without the bill, 17 (assembly) constituencies in the decrease and central Assam regions will move to Bangladeshi Muslims by 2021. My party and I totally enhance the bill. Today we don't have the specified majority in the Rajya Sabha. But every time we do have majority, we will go the bill. This is a commitment of the BJP,” Sarma mentioned.
He added, “Who will save the (Assamese) group? If we don't have the bill, entire Assam will probably be ruled by Bangladeshi Muslims in 2021. Then Assam’s civilisation, tradition and language will probably be completed forever.”
Soon after Lok Sabha had passed the bill on January 8, Sarma had mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by dint of this proposed legislation, will ensure that 17 assembly seats in Assam will never move to “(AIUDF chief) Badruddin Ajmal and Jinnah”.
Despite fashionable protests against the bill, BJP had attempted to exhausting sell the bill by pointing out that the proposed legislation will supply a constitutional protect to Assam’s indigenous other folks and offer protection to their ‘jaati’ (ethnicity), ‘maati’ (land) and ‘bheti’ (homeland). Claiming that Hindus in Assam would transform a minority within the subsequent five years if the bill was once not passed, Sarma had previous mentioned that Assam had two choices — “both to undertake Jinnah’s legacy or India’s legacy”.
Though many protesters were opposing the proposed legislation for its “religious bias”, Sarma, who had played a stellar function in BJP’s victory in the 2016 Assam assembly polls, by no means made an attempt to gloss over the truth that the bill seeks to grant citizenship at the basis of religion.
Sarma had mentioned that there are 8 lakh Bengali Hindus who've come into Assam from neighbouring nations till December, 2014, out of which five lakh voters are unfold across the 17 constituencies in the decrease and central Assam. “These other folks can't transform MLAs, however they'll work to prevent Ajmal and vote for an Assamese candidate. They would attempt to ensure that handiest Assamese applicants transform MLAs right here,” Sarma had mentioned previous.
He had additionally cautioned the folk that if the bill is stalled in the Rajya Sabha, Assamese will transform minorities and Muslims will transform the majority in those 17 seats. Eight lakh Bengali Hindus will probably be expelled then, he had added.
Bill not getting passed is a defeat for Assam, says Himanta
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