Calls out panel recommendation by the BJP-led government as bid to sift Assamese-speaking Muslims from Bengali-speaking Muslims
A mostly Muslim ethnic group has slammed the BJP-led Assam government’s decision to notify Assamese Muslims as a distinct indigenous community.
The move, based on the recommendations of a panel that the State government set up in July 2021, seeks to identify a section of the Assamese by their religion and not by their ethnicity, the Sadou Asom Goria Jatiya Parishad (SAGJP) said on Wednesday.
