Guwahati: Assam has retrieved 160SQ kilometers of forest and other government -owned land from illegal Muslim settlers, which is a larger area than the size of Chandigarh and about 75 percent oppose “protest” on Tuesday, in four years of Guwahati.Sarma said that since May 2021, the BJP government had evicted illegal settlers from 1.19 lakh bighas, which was as much about protecting the demographic of the state as it was as much as to recover land for the existence of indigenous tribes and other communities. Sarma said, “All these people who have encroached on our land are from one religion. Our effort has been to save Jati-Mati-Bhatti (identity, land and housewife).” “Still a long route to go, as more than 63 lakh bighas are still subject to encroachment.,CM’s comment organized a protest with CPM in Golpara in lower Assam, one of the districts where eviction is evident. The CPM accused the BJP government “working in the interest of corporates” and “against citizens”.A delegation of Jamit Ulama-e-Hind (Maulana Mahmud Asad Madani faction) visited Golpara to help them establish shelters for those. In Hahilbil and Asshububi of Golpara’s Pikan, about 4,000 houses belonging to Bengali -speaking Muslim migrant families were demolished. Maulana Hakim Udin Qasimi, the general secretary of the Zamit, said, “Whatever happened in Golpara was painful. The people of our country are being evicted. The government needs to arrange shelter for them first, then other decisions can be taken.”Sarma said that the state had ordered the authorities to take steps to take out the names of all the evicies from the electoral rolls.
