Assam CM Sarma says Independence Day flag will one day be hoisted by CM from an unknown community

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in 20 years this national flag on Independence Day will be hoisted by a chief minister from the unknown community.

Sarma in his Independence Day speech said, “"In just 15 years, 80 per cent of the state's ministers will be from them. And within two decades, this national flag on Independence Day will be hoisted by a chief minister from the unknown community. This is Assam's future. As a proud Assamese and Indian, I am not ready to accept such a situation and believe that no Assamese person is ready to accept it.”

Later in a post on his X handle, the CM stated, “If we do not act now, in just a few years, Assam's demography will change in such a way that even the chief minister will be from the community of infiltrators.”


Sarma said, “I urge the bureaucracy to not compromise on their responsibilities. No new inch of land should go under encroachment. My government will take a serious view of this. I also urge our people not to fall for a few rupees of profit and sell our lands to illegal infiltrators".

He added, "Today, I reiterate that we have to fight against illegal infiltrators. I call upon our people to realise this threat. If we stay silent and don't speak up, within the next decade, the Assam we know of will completely change. We need to be Aware".

He said his government has cleared encroachments from 1.2 lakh bighas of land, which is a part of that fight.

"Like love jihad, now a section is trying to threaten Assamese identity by indulging in land jihad. Through a series of evictions, we have given the message that our government will never compromise," he added.

Sarma said that "unknown" people's aggression changed the demography of lower and central Assam, and then they eyed upper and north Assam.

"To stop them, we have declared war on their aggression. I promise that we will evict the unknown people from every piece of grazing land, tribal belt and government land," he asserted.

The CM said, "These unknown people are advancing to capture political power now, after almost capturing economic power. They have captured every sphere of the construction sector. We cannot remain silent".

Sarma asserted that if the youths remain silent and Assamese people are ready for compromise, then in just 10 years, the indigenous people will lose their 'jati, mati, bheti'((community- land- base).

"In just 15 years, 80 per cent of the state's ministers will be from them. And within two decades, this national flag on Independence Day will be hoisted by a chief minister from the unknown community. This is Assam's future," he added.

Sarma said, "We have to fight. We take a pledge under this tricolour that we will not be finished and we will fight. We will again fight for survival. Our fight is not with arms, but a fight for self-determination. We will not remain silent. If we remain silent, the Assamese community won't survive," he added.

The CM said, “Our forefathers had warned us not to give shelter to unknown people, but we invited them to our living rooms. Their courage increased and expanded their strength. Not only char areas, our satra , culture also encroached. They did not stop there, they lured our girls through various means to convert them and engaged in love jihad," he added.

The chief minister further claimed that the change of demography has shrunk Assamese or indigenous or Indian people to 60 per cent in Assam.

"There is only a 10 per cent difference between 60 per cent and 40 per cent. We have arrived at a complex juncture of our history. They moved towards Assam. They killed our rhinos and touched the lifeline of our community. A few of our so-called Assamese people compromised. The Leftists, a section of nationalists, surrendered in front of unknown people," he added.