Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi s visit to Batadrawa Than, the birthplace of Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva will proceed as scheduled after Assam CM s suggestion. All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Jairam Ramesh maintained that Gandhi will visit the Than in Assam s Nagaon district as planned and urged that "no politics should be done over it".
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the current phase of unprecedented positive developments on multiple fronts in Assam can largely.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said it is not a Nyay rally but a Miya rally.” In those places where there are Miyas there will be people in the rally and in the places where there is no Miya there will be no crowd. Even Women from the Miya community will not come, only some men from the community will turn up." Bengali speaking Muslims are often referred as Miya Muslims. Muslims comprise 34% of the 3.12 crore population of Assam, of which 4% are indigenous Assamese Muslims and the remaining mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims.