He also urged the Muslim community to follow the Assamese culture if they want to be treated as indigenous. “I have always said to the immigrant Muslim people that his government does not mind ...

We will seek votes after 10 years, not now." In 2022, the Assam cabinet recognised around 40 lakh Assamese-speaking Muslims with no history of migration from Bangladesh as 'indigenous Assamese ...

Muslims constitute over 34 per cent of the state’s population, but Miya Muslims residing mostly in Barak Valley, lower, central and north Assam, far outnumber Assamese-speaking Muslims. They have 31 ...

The Assamese organisations’ opposition to illegal migrants from Bangladesh made no religious division. Hindu or Muslim, Assamese organisations wanted all suspected Bangladeshi migrants deported.

"Worse yet is that Indian political officials have repeatedly conveyed their intent to direct and use the NRC process to isolate and push out Muslims in Assam. And now, across India, political ...

The All Assam Students Union was among the groups leading the movement. The Accord aimed to satisfy the demands of Assamese nationalists who claimed that the land, culture and political rights of ...