Assam: AIUDF submits memo to Guv seeking action against groups threatening ‘Miya’ Muslims of upper Assam

Guwahati, Aug 26: After several organisations threatened a section of the Muslim community to leave the upper Assam districts or face consequences, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Monday submitted a memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya seeking action against the organisations.

Upper Assam, comprising nine districts, is an administrative division of Assam.

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The opposition party also sought a public statement from the BJP-led state government, condemning the stand taken by these organisations against a section of Muslims.

A number of organisations recently asked the Bengali speaking Muslims, locally called as ‘Miyas’, to leave the Upper Assam districts immediately, claiming it as a step to protect the indigenous people and their culture.

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In the memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the AIUDF said, “It has come to our notice that some unknown organisations and fundamentalist groups have publicly issued threats against a section of the Muslim community demanding that they should leave upper Assam immediately or face dire consequences.”

Miya is originally a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam and the non-Bengali speaking people generally identify them as Bangladeshi immigrants.

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