A local reporter became the latest target of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s communal rhetoric as the CM attempted to dodge his question about the ongoing hill cutting in his constituency Jalukbari by referring to his identity.
The CM had earlier blamed hill cutting by the University of Science and Technology in Meghalaya for waterlogging in Guwahati, while using terms like “flood jihad”. The USTM is a private university run by a Bengali Muslim, Mahbubul Hoque, and is situated on a hill.
