Politics
Date:July 4, 2024
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Selfies, hugs to feeling threatened by Congress wins in Bengali-Muslim areas: How Himanta Biswa Sarma’s narrative changed
After flaunting the turnouts at his rallies in Assam’s Bengali Muslim-majority constituencies during the Lok Sabha election campaign, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is now labelling the emphatic Congress wins in those seats as “dangerous” to the state’s social fabric.
Sarma, the BJP’s chief campaigner in Assam, had created ripples while campaigning ahead of the second phase of polling on April 26. Bengali Muslims comprise more than half the electorate in the two constituencies of Nagaon and Karimgan that voted in the second phase. In the constituencies of Darrang-Udalguri and Silchar, the community makes up a significant chunk of voters but is not the majority.
