BJP govt in Assam targets 2000 Muslim families in eviction drive
Guwahati: The BJP-led government in Assam has launched a so-called land eviction drive targeting over 2,000 Bengali Muslim families who have been residing in the area for decades.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the authorities claimed that the operation aims to clear approximately 4,900 acres of land within the Rengma Reserve Forest in the Uriamghat area of Golaghat district in eastern Assam. Around 2,700 families, primarily Bengali-origin Muslims, are said to be living in the region.
A district official stated that the forest department has divided the area into nine blocks, with over 1,500 personnel, including police, commandos, and forest protection staff, deployed to execute the eviction.
This is the latest in a series of eviction drives carried out across Assam, many of which have disproportionately targeted Bengali-origin Muslim communities.
The Assam government has defended the operation as part of efforts to curb what it terms a “demographic invasion” by “people of one religion.”
The official further revealed that, in addition to Bengali-origin Muslims, 42 Manipuri Muslim and 92 Nepali families have also been ordered to vacate the area.
Meanwhile, the Niki Sumi faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) issued a statement stating that the Assam government is using the eviction as part of a “well-planned and precisely executed strategy” to occupy disputed land and establish a permanent police presence along the inter-state border.
