Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on November 9 said that the increasing economic prosperity among Muslims in the state could signal the beginning of what he described as the “surrender of the Assamese people.”

Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting, Sarma claimed that Assam is witnessing not only demographic changes but also a noticeable economic shift. “Apart from demographic change, there has been a shift in wealth creation as well. Earlier, we thought only the numbers had risen, but now even the wealth pattern has changed,” he said.

The Chief Minister cited government data from 2001 to 2011 to support his remarks, stating that the growth rate of the Hindu population has declined while that of the Muslim population has continued to rise across all blocks of the s

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