News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee / 29th October 2024
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam and the co-in-charge of the Jharkhand Assembly elections for the Bharatiya Janata Party, attacked the Jharkhand administration for the infiltration problem, saying it may make the state a “mini-Bangladesh.” Sarma added that Jharkhand’s culture and “Adivasi asmita” are being disrupted by the infiltrators, and he cautioned that if this trend persists, the tribal state may undergo a significant demographic transition. Additionally, he emphasized the BJP’s pledge to implement the NRC in the state should it regain power.
Speaking to ANI on Monday, Himanta Sarma said, “The infiltrators are causing a huge disturbance in Jharkhand’s culture and ‘Adivasi asmita’. If this continues, Jharkhand will see a demographic change and it will become a mini-Bangladesh. Santhal Pargana is in line to become mini-Bangladesh.”
Elaborating on the party’s promises for the polls, he said, “I have made three announcements- when we form government, NRC will be implemented and will throw out infiltrators. Second, if an immigrant has lured and married a tribal girl, their children will not be entitled to the benefits of STs. Third, if an immigrant marries a tribal girl, we will ensure that the girl does not contest the elections for the head of the tribe. It gives the immigrant an undue and indirect advantage to rule.”
The Assam CM attacked Congress’ Jamtara candidate and Jharkhand Minister Irfan Ansari, saying the leader will be ‘jailed’ for his derogatory remarks against BJP’s Sita Soren.
He further said, “We see people like Irfan Ansari and Alamgir Alam influencing the Santhal Pargana region. They are the wealthiest. The government is protecting people like Irfan Ansari. He (Irfan Ansari) will have to go to jail for the foul language he has used against Sita Soren.” “I ignite fire against infiltrators. Lord Hanuman had also set fire in Lanka. We have to set fire against infiltrators and make Jharkhand a golden land. In Santhal Pargana, the tribal population is decreasing and the Muslim population is increasing,” he said.
“Not every Muslim is an infiltrator but how is the population of Muslims increasing every 5 years? Is a family giving birth to 10-12 children? If families are not giving birth to so many children, then definitely people are coming from outside. This is simple mathematics. We will win the elections but that is not the main priority, it is to throw out infiltrators from Santhal Paragana and justice for women,” the Assam CM added.
Earlier, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that that neither the Congress nor the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha are concerned about the tribals due to vote bank politics.
Additionally, he said that the 11% increase in the Muslim population in Santhal Pargana was caused by Bangladeshi infiltrators and that the Bharatiya Janata Party would not rest easy until the infiltrators were expelled. On November 13 and 20, there will be two rounds of elections for the 81 seats in the Jharkhand parliament. On November 23, the votes will be counted. In Jharkhand, there are 2.60 crore eligible voters, of whom 1.31 crore are men and 1.29 crore are women. There are 66.84 lakh youthful voters and 11.84 lakh first-time voters in the state.
