Himanta Biswa Sarma
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Discussed ‘complete withdrawal of AFSPA’ from Assam with Amit Shah: Himanta
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and discussed the roadmap for complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from…
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Congress will be proven ‘anti-Hindu’ if doesn’t snap ties with DMK: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that if the Congress does not distance itself from DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s controversial remarks on Sanatan Dharma, it will ‘confirm’ public’s…
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Assam CM rubbishes ‘old’ BJP tussle; says anyone can join party with missed call
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma dismissed the “old BJP” versus “new BJP” debate and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president J P Nadda have made it amply…
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Assam BJP leader upset over delimitation, attacks CM Himanta
Guwahati: A prominent member of the Assam BJP, four-time former MP Rajen Gohain has resigned on Friday from his position as chairperson of the cabinet-level Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited…
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Assam mulls full withdrawal of AFSPA by year-end: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said his government will take necessary steps to withdraw AFSPA from the entire state by the end of this year. The Armed Forces…
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Assam delimitation: Protests against abolition, non-reservation of assembly constituents
Guwahati: Protests were staged in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Saturday against the final delimitation report for assembly and parliamentary constituencies of the state with the agitators demanding restoration of old seats. Some protestors…
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Migrant Muslims also evicted from Assam during Gopinath Bordoloi’s tenure: Himanta
Guwahati: Even though the Assam Chief Minister has been widely criticised for the state government’s eviction drives which allegedly targeted the Muslim community, Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Gopinath Bordoloi also did…
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Himanta asks police to develop SOP to probe cases of ‘love-jihad’
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday urged the police to develop a standard operating Procedure (SOP) for probing cases of ‘love-jihad’ in the state.The root cause of ‘love jihad’…
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Manipur’s ethnic conflicts have ‘genesis in faulty politics’ of Cong: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that the ethnic conflicts in Manipur have “genesis in faulty politics” of previous Congress governments in the state. He also accused the Congress…
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President Murmu, other CMs condole Chandy’s demise
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday condoled the demise of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and said his impact on the national political space will always be remembered. Chandy, 79, passed…
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Religious conversion through enticements cannot be acceptable: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said no religious conversion done through enticements of any kind, especially monetary benefits, can be acceptable. Sarma was speaking at a grants-in-aid distribution…