India is the homeland of Hindus, Hindus feeling unsafe anyplace in world are welcome right here: Assam CM

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that India belongs to Hindu and Hindus anyplace on the planet, in the event that they really feel they’re unsafe, can come and stay in India.
The chief minister mentioned this on Wednesday (November 9) throughout this system of Times Now Summit 2021. He mentioned this whereas responding to Times Now journalist Padmaja Joshi, who requested whether or not he would help the grant of citizenship to Bengali Hindus from Bangladesh and permit them to settle in Assam.
Sarma said that India is the pure motherland of Hindus dwelling in any a part of the globe. “India belongs to Hindus. Every Hindu has the right to come to India whenever they feel that they are not safe and secure in that land,” Assam CM mentioned.
At @TimesNow Summit, spoke in regards to the want for CAA within the backdrop of Afghan disaster, position of PFI in Dholpur clashes & far more.Also reiterated that India belongs to Hindus & each time they really feel persecuted elsewhere they’ve a proper to come back again to their motherland. pic.twitter.com/kbV4tiu0DF— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 10, 2021
“The word Indian came into existence in 1947. But from 7000 years we were known as Hindus. I believe in civilization. This is a Sanatan civilization. This is a Hindu civilization. After we enacted the constitution it was known as India. But you can’t disconnect us from our root. Every Hindu who is in trouble has his motherland to come back to.” Sarma mentioned.
#TimesNowSummit | Assam CM @himantabiswa shares his perspective on the Citizenship Amendment Act.#TimesNowSummit2021 pic.twitter.com/YUzWKEMHRL— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) November 10, 2021
While he categorically said his place to safeguard and settle persecuted Hindus he additionally said his place on CAA and NRC. He mentioned that no citizen of India ought to oppose CAA after seeing what occurred in Afghanistan the place folks of minority communities needed to flee. “I am sure that there is now a better appreciation for the passing of CAA,” he mentioned.
Sarma on madarsas and Islamist mindset
CM Sarma mentioned there are some folks in Assam who need to manufacture mullahs by means of madrasas. “But I want to establish medical colleges and make them doctors. “This is their (Muslims) choice whether they want their children to be a doctor of mullah,” he mentioned.
“If I go to a Muslim area and say that I want to make their children doctors, they should be happy. Everyone should go to Muslim areas, ask them to shut down madarsas. They (Muslims) should be asked to open schools. Politicians must have the guts to tell them that if a Hindu girl can become a PhD scholar or doctor, how can you force limitations on your daughters?” he mentioned. Sarma mentioned he stopped funding all authorities madarsas.
But on the identical time, he additionally mentioned that hardcore Hindu voters could also be irritated if he was attempting to convey the Muslim neighborhood on the highway of growth and progressivism. But if I’ve gone to a Muslim-dominated space asking them to close madrasas, I’m making the more durable selection,” he mentioned.
Eviction of unlawful settlers on authorities land
Recently, violence erupted within the Darrang district of Assam after the native administration carried an anti-encroachment driver to clear the federal government land in addition to the land of a temple from unlawful settlers who’re principally unlawful Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants. Assam authorities refused to buckle beneath the stress and mentioned no compensation will likely be given to the evicted households and solely the households who’ve Indian citizenship will likely be rehabilitated.
He mentioned that encroachment of presidency land and unlawful settlers had been exhausting points. However, he mentioned {that a} case-to-case distinction should be maintained.
Congress is the mom of all issues
Attacking the Congress and Gandhi-Nehru household, Sarma additionally mentioned that many of the issues the nation has been dealing with are created by ‘one family’. Referring to a current Assam-Mizoram conflict he accused that when the Congress divided Assam, it didn’t settle boundary-related points in 1972. “Unfortunately, most of the problems the country has faced is because of one family,” he added.