“Assam initiates concrete measures to protect Indigenous Communities, Institutions from Bangladeshi Muslim Immigrants”, Swarajyamag, August 24, 2024:
“Chief Minister Sarma has termed the propensity of the Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant community to occupy lands illegally and even legally as ‘land jihad’ and has promised laws to stop it.
The Himanta Biswa Sarma government in Assam has initiated a landmark move to preserve indigenous institutions and places, as well as the state’s tribal and backward communities, through two new laws approved by the state cabinet this week.
A new law is being enacted not only to protect old structures and sites of religious, cultural, and historical importance but also to preserve the demographic composition of the communities living around these structures and sites.
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