How Assam’s new chief minister is leveraging Assamese nationalism to push Hindutva
How Assam’s new chief minister is leveraging Assamese nationalism to push Hindutva
Himanta Biswa Sarma left the Congress for BJP barely six years ago. Yet the first 45 days of his government have already evoked comparisons with Adityanath. 6 hours ago Assam chief minister pays tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in Guwahati on June 23. | Twitter/ HimantaBiswa
On June 2, Assam’s newly appointed chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to Twitter to list out the names of 22 people accused of assaulting a doctor at a Covid-19 care centre in Hojai district the previous day.