Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses a meeting of BJP Mahila Morcha (File)
Guwahati:
Assam BJP will launch a massive campaign against cases of “love jihad” ahead of the 2021 national elections, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP’s point of reference in the northeast, said today. At a meeting of the Mahila Morcha wing of the party in Dibrugarh, Sarma claimed that social media was the “new penance” and that Assamese girls “were in love with jihad.”
“Social media is (the) new threat because it helps promote amorous jihad. Thanks to social media, Assamese girls are plagued by loving jihad … it’s cultural assault on our society and later these girls might have to face talaq …” he said.
“When the BJP returns to power, we will ensure that if an Assamese girl is harassed or a victim of jihad in love and is trolled on social media, by people with hidden identities, we will put her in jail,” the minister said. .
Mr. Sarma also claimed that “people of Ajmal culture (a reference to Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF MP Lok Sabha, a prominent Islamic cleric) were behind” the jihad of love “in Assam. Mr. Ajmal’s AIUDF (All India United Democratic Front) is seen to have overwhelming support from Bengali Muslims in Lower Assam, often referred to as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
“500 or 600 years ago the nation faced Aurangzeb and Babar. Now we have a similar challenge … in this modern era we have a problem like Ajmal. Our (Assamese) society is facing a threat of Ajmal culture. In Lower and Middle Assam, the culture of the Assamese Satras has been destroyed, ”Mr. Sarma raged.
“The Ajmal sentry started his encroachment campaign and even tried to enter Upper Assam. In this context, we took power under the leadership of (Chief Minister Sarbananda) Sonowal”, a- he added, listing the achievements of the government since.
Mr Sarma even alleged that rhino poaching in Kaziranga was the fault of Bengali Muslims, claiming that several had been arrested on such charges in the past two years.
Claiming that 65% of the state’s population, “of Indian origin,” would defeat the 35% “of Ajmal culture,” Sarma also said that “the battle of Saraighat is not over” .
The BJP called the 2016 elections by this name – a reference to a naval battle fought in 1671 between the Mughal Empire and the Ahom kingdom.
“The battle for Saraighat is not yet over. It will only end after every person in Ajmal’s culture has been politically uprooted,” Sarma said.
