Overview

• Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that pieces of beef were dumped at sites including Cotton University and Hindu neighbourhoods after Eid to intimidate local communities.
• He warned that the absence of public protests risks normalizing these acts as communal provocations and undermining Assam’s social harmony.
• Sarma called on Assamese residents to take a non-compromising stance against illegal immigrants, citing Prime Minister Modi’s backing for enforcement.
• The state government intends to invoke the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, to expel identified unauthorized residents once flood conditions improve.
• Assam has asked the Supreme Court to re-verify between 10 and 20 percent of entries in the National Register of Citizens to remove ineligible names.