Guwahati: “Members of the Bangladesh-origin minority community (read Muslims) overwhelmingly voted for the Congress in this Lok Sabha election, without considering the developmental work done for them by the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in the state,” claimed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday adding that it (Muslim) is the only community in Assam which indulges in communalism.
At a felicitation program for the victorious BJP candidates and their allies in Guwahati, Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the ruling coalition secured close to 47 percent of the total votes, whereas the Congress and its allies received 39 percent. In the state, the coalition of BJP, AGP, and UPPL secured 11 out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, while Congress claimed the other three.
“If we analyse the 39 per cent votes of the Congress, it is not spread across the state. Fifty per cent of it is concentrated in 21 assembly segments which are minority dominated. In these minority-dominated segments, BJP got 3 per cent votes,” he claimed.
“This proves that Hindus do not indulge in communalism. If anyone indulges in communalism in Assam, it is only one community, one religion. No other religion does it,” said Sarma without naming any faction.
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