{"id":199080,"date":"2026-04-27T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=199080"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:55:28","slug":"bangladeshi-hindus-refugees-muslims-infiltrators-assam-cm-draws-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/bangladeshi-hindus-refugees-muslims-infiltrators-assam-cm-draws-ire.html","title":{"rendered":"Bangladeshi Hindus refugees, Muslims infiltrators\u2019: Assam CM draws ire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNew Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma triggered controversy after making discriminatory remarks on Bangladeshi migrants, stating that Hindus should be treated as refugees while Muslims are \u201cinfiltrators\u201d who must be deported.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service,speaking during the West Bengal Assembly election campaign, Sarma said, \u201cBangladeshi Muslims are one community, and Bangladeshi Hindus are another. These are two separate communities.\u201d He asserted that Hindu refugees fleeing persecution are regularised as Indian citizens under the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, while Muslim entrants are illegal \u201cinfiltrators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we say infiltrators, we are referring to Bangladeshi Muslims, not Hindus. Hindus are refugees, not infiltrators,\u201d Sarma said, reiterating the BJP\u2019s position. He alleged that \u201cunchecked infiltration\u201d of Bangladeshi Muslims is causing a demographic shift and is a threat to national security, claiming the Muslim population in Assam has reached nearly 40%. He vowed a \u201crelentless crackdown,\u201d noting that 20 illegal Bangladeshis were \u201cpushed back\u201d in the past 24 hours and over 400 have been deported in recent months.<\/p>\n

Sarma also sparked another row after responding to remarks on religious sites, saying, \u201cThose who speak of Kaaba and Medina should leave India and go live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chief minister criticised the Trinamool Congress for putting both groups in \u201cone basket,\u201d claiming this propagates misconceptions. Sarma\u2019s remarks, drawing a distinction based on religion in contravention of secular principles, have drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties and rights groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma triggered controversy after making discriminatory remarks on Bangladeshi migrants, stating that Hindus should be treated as refugees while Muslims are \u201cinfiltrators\u201d who must be deported. According to Kashmir Media Service,speaking during the West Bengal Assembly election campaign, Sarma said, \u201cBangladeshi Muslims are one community, and Bangladeshi Hindus …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/Assam-CMa.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199081,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199080\/revisions\/199081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}