CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claims conspiracy to 'alter Assam's demography by 2050'

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Thursday that a conspiracy has been hatched by certain groups to capture power and alter demography of state by 2050. He was speaking in context of recent eviction drive in Gorukhuti village under Sipajhar revenue circle of Darrang district, during which, three protesters were killed in police firing. village was inhabited by Bengali-speaking Muslims.

Sarma said most of se people do not belong to area and h come from places like Dalgaon and Baghbor with an aim to capture Sipajhar constituency.

“y would slowly encroach lands in phases and Lumding in Hojai district and Barchalla in Sonitpur are also on ir list. y have alrey taken over Batroba constituency in Nagaon district,” he said.

Chief Minister said every five years, re is an attempt to change demographic profile of an area. "Earlier I did not have access to official papers, now after going through papers and from intelligence reports it can be said that re is a definitive blueprint to capture power in Assam by 2050,” he ded

Sarma claimed of 10,000 people residing in Gorukhuti village, around 6,000 were not listed on National Register of Citizens (NRC).

" indigenous citizens of Gorukhuti have all documents and figures in NRC. y will be given six bighas government land for resettlement. But many ors were encroaching government land in Siphajar area despite owning property in Dalgaon, Baghbor, and elsewhere,” he said, terming it a deliberate "political design".

Gorukhuti, Sipajhar eviction drive & Darrang firing incident

eviction drive in Gorukhuti village on September 23 was followed by anor drive in Sipajhar area last week, during which 800 families comprising about 5,000 people were vacated. Violent clashes took place between local people and police, which resulted in death of two people and injury to 15 policemen during eviction drive at Gorukhuti.

In aftermath of Darrang firing, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that PFI was involved in anti-eviction protests in Sipajhar. Taking cognizance of incident, Assam government has decided to institute an inquiry into circumstance leing to violence. 

Ever since assuming power in May 2021, BJP government has been taking strong actions to stop undocumented migration into region.