“Why Dhubri urgently needs an Army Camp?”, India Today, June 27, 2025:

“Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently announced that the Government is planning to set up a permanent Army camp in Western Assam’s Dhubri district bordering Bangladesh. The announcement came on the heels of the Hon’ble Chief Minister himself reviewing the latest developments in the town following the beef row, particularly focusing on the maintenance of law and order.

As of now, normalcy has been restored in Dhubri, with efforts still ongoing to preserve peace and stability. It is in this regard that the Chief Minister mentioned that discussions are underway with the Central Government for the setting up of a permanent camp of the Indian Army near Dhubri, an overwhelmingly Muslim-majority district. It may be mentioned here that there was an Army camp at the historic Gauripur town of Dhubri on around 700 bighas of land. But, this camp was vacated by the forces two-three years back.

Time and again, the Chief Minister has drawn attention to the fact that several jihadi organisations and their sleeper cells are active in Assam, especially in the border districts of Dhubri and Barpeta. According to the 2011 Census, a steep rise in the immigrant population was recorded in the nine border districts of the state…….”

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