Assam will start 'strict fight' against 'Love Jihad' if BJP again comes to power in 2021 Himanta

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    Guwahati, Oct 11 (PTI) Senior BJP leader and Assam
minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the state
government will start a "strict fight" against 'Love Jihad' if
the saffron party again comes to power in the 2021 assembly
elections.
    Election to the 126-member Assam Assembly is due in
March-April next year.
    The Assamese people are losing five constituencies in
every assembly election to the culture-civilisation of
"Ajmal's army", the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA)
convenor said, targetting AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal.
    "We will have to start a new and strict fight against
Love Jihad on Assam's soil. If the BJP comes to power again,
we will take a decision that if any boy hides his religious
identity and comments anything negative on Assamese daughters
and women, he will face ruthless and rigorous punishment," he
said during a BJP Mahila Morcha meeting in Dibrugarh.
    Sarma claimed that girls are becoming victims of
"Ajmal's culture-civilisation" on Facebook as boys hiding
their religion on social media befriend and marry them.
    "We have taken an oath that if Ajmal's army touches
our women, the only punishment for them will be a death
sentence, nothing less. We are working with such a resolve,"
he said.
    The BJP leader regularly targets Lok Sabha MP
Badruddin Ajmal over his alleged minority politics and
sympathy for illegal immigrants and attacks him over his
religion.
    "Love Jihad has created a mountain-like problem for
Assamese daughters. Many girls have faced talaaq situations
after getting duped by fake names of the boys.
    "The BJP has resolved that whenever any culture-
civilisation attacks Assamese girls, ruthless replies will be
given," he said.
    Sarma said the BJP has lost political power in five
constituencies due to the conspiracy of some people.
    "If people do not unite then the society will not be
saved. That is why the 2021 assembly election is for saving
our culture-civilisation.
    "If the 65 per cent people don't fight together
against Ajmal's culture-civilisation, then our future Assam
will not be saved. If we lose this fight of culture-
civilisation, then we will not be able to live in this Assam
after 15 years," he said.
    As per the 2011 census report, 34.22 per cent people
in Assam are Muslims while 61.47 per cent are Hindus.
    "We had spoken about the Saraighat battle in 2016.
This battle doesn't end in five years. We will have to fight
till we finish off Ajmal's army politically," Sarma said.
    The BJP had termed the 2016 election as the "last
battle of Saraighat" to oust the Congress government, in
reference to the 1671 battle in which the Ahom army led by
Lachit Borphukan had defeated the Mughals.
    "This is not a poll of schemes. This is not an
election for someone to become the chief minister or an MLA.
This is an election to save our society.
    "If we want to live as an Assamese, then we have to
make the BJP victorious in 2021 to save and keep alive our
Sanatan culture-civilisation," Sarma said.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "wiped out" the shame
of failing to save Lord Ram's birthplace and proved to a
saviour by laying the foundation stone of the Ram temple which
has given confidence to crores of Indians, he said.
    "The ruthless attacks by Babur-Aurangzeb on our
culture was over under Narendra Modi's rule through democracy
and judiciary. He reminded that Babur-Aurangzeb won't be able
to rule in Delhi as well as Assam, Kashmir, Dhubri or Sadiya,"
the minister said.
    Sarma said Ajmal's culture-civilisation is slowly
destroying the social fabric and the Satra culture-
civilisation has been destroyed in large parts of Lower and
Middle Assam.
    "Even the land belonging to Batadrava Satra of
Srimanta Sankardeva was encroached by Ajmal's culture-
civilisation. Ajmal's army didn't even spare the Kaziranga's
rhino. And Ajmal's army is progressing towards Upper Assam
after starting its winning race from Dhubri and encroaching
land in Kaziranga," Sarma said.
    The BJP government had taken charge in such a
difficult time in 2016 and worked tirelessly for the past
four-and-half years, he said.
    "We rescued 14,000 bighas of land from Ajmal's army
and distributed them among the indigenous people. Batadrava
was rescued from Ajmal's army and a Rs 150-crore project is
being implemented there. We saved the rhinos and regained
Kaziranga's pride after evicting people of Ajmal's culture-
civilisation.
    "We have made progress in this fight of culture-
civilisation. But five years is not enough. New problems are
emerging as we are fighting the older issues. Assam doesn't
have time to laugh or relax. Every day, we are losing our
land, culture-civilisation, history, geography," Sarma said.
    The education minister said the government has decided
to shut down all the state-controlled madrassas "imparting
orthodox religious teachings that go against the culture of
Sankar-Ajan Peer", the two saints who preached universal
brotherhood in Assam.
    "We want the new atmosphere of brotherhood to be built
on the basis of Vaishnav and Sufi culture. Orthodox madrassa
education is not essential for Assam," he added. PTI TR
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