The definition of Assamese has undergone change through the years, and it should embrace individuals who have lived in Assam for hundreds of years, resembling Hindi audio system and the tea tribes, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Saturday.
He stated {that a} mass motion is required to persuade the Assamese people who the id of the neighborhood will be preserved by way of “quality”.
Sarma was talking at a programme wherein rehabilitation grants had been distributed beneath the ULFA Peace Accord to surrendered cadres.
“The situation in Assam is not due to some policy of the central government but due to infiltration from Bangladesh, which changed the demography of the state. When the census report comes, Assamese people will be only about 40 per cent of the population,” he claimed.
Sarma stated that the definition of Assamese has undergone change through the years, and it should embrace communities such because the tea tribes and Hindi audio system who’ve been residing right here for over a century.
Although the Assamese individuals could also be dwindling in numbers, they will come collectively to claim their id, he maintained.
“A mass movement is needed so that we can convince the people that though we do not have the numbers, with quality we can keep our Assamese identity alive,” the CM stated.
Praising the ULFA management and cadres for returning to the mainstream, Sarma stated they need to urge those that are nonetheless pursuing armed wrestle to affix them.
“I always ask Paresh Barua to come and spend 10 days in Assam. After that he will not want to return to Myanmar or China,” he stated, referring to the chief of the ULFA (I) which has refused to return ahead for peace talks.
Sarma maintained that being “rational rather than emotional” is the necessity of the hour to take ahead the state within the path of growth.