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Guwahati:For Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, the increasing Muslim population in Assamis not merely a political issue, but a matter of life and death.Sarma, the BJPs Jharkhand election co-incharge, Wednesday highlighted the changing demography of Assam due to the growing Muslim population, an issue that has been a driving force for him and the partys electoral campaign across India...
In Assam, Muslim population today has reached 40 percent..
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi was quick to react when he reminded Sarma through a social media post of his time campaigning in the minority-dominated areas of Assam during the parliamentary election...
Sarma had drawn huge crowdswith his dance moves and theatrics in constituencies with substantial Muslim populations, from central Assams Nagaon to Darrang-Udalguri in the north.. Sharing images of Sarmas campaign in the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat on 19 April, Gogoi wrote in apost on X, Himanta Biswa Sarma seems to be suffering from amnesia in Ranchi..
Earlier on 4 June, soon after results were announced, Sarma summarised the mandate as the NDA having improved its overall vote share in Assam to nearly 46 percent a huge jump from 39 percent secured in the 2019 Lok Sabha, and 44 percent in the 2021 assembly elections...
