New Delhi: Chairman, AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi Sharp attack on Assam chief minister on Tuesday Naimanta Biswa Sarma for his controversial remarks about the “disturbing Muslims of Mia”, calling them unconstitutional and divisive.Owaisi mocked the chief minister and said: “I want to give you Rs 2 as a charity” and accused him of reducing constitutional governance to bias and intimidation. In a lengthy response, Owaisi said the Indian constitution guarantees equality and non-discrimination irrespective of religion or community. “The Constitution says that everyone is equal. There should be no discrimination, whether it is the chief minister or anyone else,” he said.Owaisi alleged that Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam were being scapegoated for issues such as immigration and rising prices. “If vegetable prices go up in Assam, Miya Muslims are blamed. If anyone wants to vote, they are told to go to Bangladesh,” he said, adding that such rhetoric amounted to targeting a community for political gain.The AIMIM leader’s remarks came after Sarma issued a statement encouraging action against the “Miya Muslims” in Assam. “Create trouble for Miya Muslims in any way. If they get into trouble, they will leave Assam… We are directly against Miya Muslims. We will not hide anything,” Sarma said.The comments sparked a political storm in the election-bound northeastern state, with opposition parties accusing the BJP of exploiting communal polarization to consolidate votes. However, the BJP has long maintained that its focus in Assam is on tackling illegal immigration and protecting indigenous rights. Bengali-speaking Muslims are often labeled as “illegal infiltrators” in political discourse, an issue that remains at the heart of Assam’s electoral politics.
