The Assam chief minister recently declared that neither Bengali-origin nor ethnic Assamese Muslims qualify for the scheme. Legislators and experts contest this.
The comprehension of communal violence against marginalized communities extends beyond overt physical manifestations such as communal riots, mob lynching, and hate crimes.
Gandhi’s run-ins with the Himanta Biswa Sarma government kept him in the headlines, but analysts sceptical whether it will revive the Congress in state.