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"Assam Muslim Population Now 40%, Matter Of Life And Death": Himanta Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himant Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that the Muslim population in his state has now risen to 40 per cent, contending that demographic change is a "big issue" in the northeastern state.
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"Hindus Should Follow Muslim Formula": Assam's Badruddin Ajmal On Population Boom
Badruddin Ajmal also responded to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's recent comments on "Love Jihad" in reference to the Shraddha Walker murder case.
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"Indigenous" Muslims: Why Assam Opposition Sees BJP Ploy In Status For 5 Groups
Political watchers in Assam say the BJP -- ruling party at the Centre too -- wants to woo Assamese-speaking Muslims, sensing a vote-bank amid a complex cultural mix.
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Muslims Make Up 35% Of Assam, Not Minority: Chief Minister Himanta Sarma
The Chief Minister further said that "power comes with responsibility" and as Muslims constitute 35 per cent of Assam's population, it is "their duty to protect the minorities here".
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Assam Government Accepts Demand To Defer Discussion On Population Control Among Muslims
The Assam government on Friday accepted the demand of the opposition Congress for deferring a discussion on population control among the Muslim community, though Speaker Biswajit Daimary had allowed it.
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"Indigenous Muslims Agreed On Checking Population": Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today met Assam's indigenous Muslim community and claimed to have formed a consensus with them on the matter of the proposed 2-child policy. He will next meet the state's Bengali-speaking Muslims.
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"Adopt Decent Family Planning": Assam Chief Minister To Immigrant Muslims
The Bengali-speaking Muslims of central and lower Assam are considered immigrant Muslims from Bangladesh.
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Assam Decides To Tweak Its Muslim Survey, To Drop The Word 'Indigenous'
The Assam government has decided to 'tweak' its ambitious plans of an 'extensive' socio-economic survey of its 'indigenous' Muslim population that many believe is aimed to 'segregate' the 'Bhumiputra' Muslims of Assam from the those who are of Bangladeshi origin.
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Assam Planning Survey To Identify Indigenous Muslims To Provide Benefits
Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state's indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are yet to be addressed.
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Tripura's Biplab Deb's Latest: "Assam Citizens' Register Not A Big Issue"
As the ruling BJP faces opposition anger over the updated National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam leaving out 40 lakh people, one of its chief ministers in the northeast, compulsive motor-mouth Biplab Deb, has stepped on another landmine.
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"Divide-And-Rule": Mamata Banerjee Slams Assam's Draft Citizens' List
The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...
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40 Lakh Risk Losing Citizenship As Assam Releases Draft List: 10 Points
Around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today, and face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship. The state's National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh. Releasing the updated list, official...
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Assam NRC Live Updates: Congress Asks Government To Convene All-Party Meeting
Assam will release the final draft of National Register of Citizens today that will decide the fate of more than one crore people living in the state.
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In Assam, 1.5 Crore People To Know Citizenship Status Today: 10 Facts
The future of nearly 1.5 crore people in Assam is on the line as the government prepares to release the final list of Indian citizens in the state today. Most of them may not find their names in the National Register of Citizens, updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The upda...
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Called Out For "Faster-Than-BJP" Growth, Assam's AIUDF Challenges Theory
Leaders of the AIUDF, a party in Assam that champions the cause of Muslims in the northeast, plan to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to protest against Army Chief General Bipin Rawat's comments at a seminar that there were reports of an increase in Muslim population in several districts of Assam and the All In...
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"Assam Muslim Population Now 40%, Matter Of Life And Death": Himanta Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himant Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that the Muslim population in his state has now risen to 40 per cent, contending that demographic change is a "big issue" in the northeastern state.
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"Hindus Should Follow Muslim Formula": Assam's Badruddin Ajmal On Population Boom
Badruddin Ajmal also responded to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's recent comments on "Love Jihad" in reference to the Shraddha Walker murder case.
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"Indigenous" Muslims: Why Assam Opposition Sees BJP Ploy In Status For 5 Groups
Political watchers in Assam say the BJP -- ruling party at the Centre too -- wants to woo Assamese-speaking Muslims, sensing a vote-bank amid a complex cultural mix.
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Muslims Make Up 35% Of Assam, Not Minority: Chief Minister Himanta Sarma
The Chief Minister further said that "power comes with responsibility" and as Muslims constitute 35 per cent of Assam's population, it is "their duty to protect the minorities here".
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Assam Government Accepts Demand To Defer Discussion On Population Control Among Muslims
The Assam government on Friday accepted the demand of the opposition Congress for deferring a discussion on population control among the Muslim community, though Speaker Biswajit Daimary had allowed it.
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"Indigenous Muslims Agreed On Checking Population": Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today met Assam's indigenous Muslim community and claimed to have formed a consensus with them on the matter of the proposed 2-child policy. He will next meet the state's Bengali-speaking Muslims.
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"Adopt Decent Family Planning": Assam Chief Minister To Immigrant Muslims
The Bengali-speaking Muslims of central and lower Assam are considered immigrant Muslims from Bangladesh.
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Assam Decides To Tweak Its Muslim Survey, To Drop The Word 'Indigenous'
The Assam government has decided to 'tweak' its ambitious plans of an 'extensive' socio-economic survey of its 'indigenous' Muslim population that many believe is aimed to 'segregate' the 'Bhumiputra' Muslims of Assam from the those who are of Bangladeshi origin.
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Assam Planning Survey To Identify Indigenous Muslims To Provide Benefits
Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state's indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are yet to be addressed.
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Tripura's Biplab Deb's Latest: "Assam Citizens' Register Not A Big Issue"
As the ruling BJP faces opposition anger over the updated National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam leaving out 40 lakh people, one of its chief ministers in the northeast, compulsive motor-mouth Biplab Deb, has stepped on another landmine.
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"Divide-And-Rule": Mamata Banerjee Slams Assam's Draft Citizens' List
The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...
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40 Lakh Risk Losing Citizenship As Assam Releases Draft List: 10 Points
Around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today, and face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship. The state's National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh. Releasing the updated list, official...
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Assam NRC Live Updates: Congress Asks Government To Convene All-Party Meeting
Assam will release the final draft of National Register of Citizens today that will decide the fate of more than one crore people living in the state.
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In Assam, 1.5 Crore People To Know Citizenship Status Today: 10 Facts
The future of nearly 1.5 crore people in Assam is on the line as the government prepares to release the final list of Indian citizens in the state today. Most of them may not find their names in the National Register of Citizens, updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The upda...
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Called Out For "Faster-Than-BJP" Growth, Assam's AIUDF Challenges Theory
Leaders of the AIUDF, a party in Assam that champions the cause of Muslims in the northeast, plan to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to protest against Army Chief General Bipin Rawat's comments at a seminar that there were reports of an increase in Muslim population in several districts of Assam and the All In...
