Overview

• Sarma stated his government has been resolving issues for Bengali-speaking Hindus, calling the past decade under BJP rule their most comfortable period in Assam.
• He said Aadhaar cards were returned to affected residents and that authorities have stopped filing new citizenship cases against Hindu Bengalis.
• The chief minister claimed security forces are preventing illegal crossings from Bangladesh and pushing entrants back, while declining to share figures for now.
• He reported arrests of middlemen facilitating crossings, noting several are Hindus and alleging brokers in Tripura charge about Rs 20,000 per person.
• Sarma rejected TMC MP Sushmita Dev’s criticisms, asserted tensions between Assamese and Bengali speakers have subsided, and defended the BJP’s stance on Bengali, referencing the Centre’s classical language recognition.