The oath-taking ceremony is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chief guest, along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, senior Union Ministers and Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states.
According to an official statement from the Chief Minister’s Office, the resignation, along with that of the Council of Ministers, was submitted following the formal notification of the election results to facilitate the formation of the new government.
Himanta Biswa Sarma contended that the state’s indigenous population could remain secure “only if the Miya Muslims are kept under pressure”.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that state mourning has been declared from September 20 to September 22,…
Earlier in the day, Sarma told reporters that he would carefully study the findings before making them public.
He assured that the government would issue an appropriate notification “at the earliest.”
The GST Council on Wednesday approved a major overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax regime, reducing slabs to 5 per cent and 18 per cent, effective from September 22.
The announcement comes amid years of political unrest and speculation that the CAA would open the floodgates for lakhs of migrants from Bangladesh to settle in Assam, altering its demographic balance.
Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani claimed that bulldozers were being deployed selectively against Muslim settlements, alleging that “more than 50,000 Muslim families” faced eviction.
Hameed, accompanied by a delegation of civil society figures including Prashant Bhushan, Harsh Mander, Jawahar Sircar, Wajahat Habibullah, and Fayaz Shaheen, was in Assam at the invitation of Asom Nagarik Sanmilan to assess eviction drives, citizenship issues, and treatment of Muslims in the state.
