"JMM speaking in support of infiltrators," says Himanta Biswa Sarma, calls for cancelling JMM registration
Nov 04, 2024
Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], November 4 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jharkhand co-in-charge and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), accusing them of supporting "infiltrators" in the state and calling for the cancellation of registrations of parties who support them.
He further informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the Santhal Pargana region and address two events before the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
Addressing the complaint by the INDIA bloc, he said the JMM "speaking in favour" of the alleged infiltrators.
"The opposition has filed a complaint against me for speaking against infiltrators. This means JMM is speaking in favour of them. Whichever political party supports infiltrators and speaks against those opposing infiltration, their registration should be cancelled," he said on Sunday.
Saying that the JMM should instead support him for his remarks against infiltrators, he added, "If I speak against infiltrators then JMM should support me, they will be known as the infiltrator party. It was just that they did a mistake before, I will implore JMM to never do this mistake again. Reading your letter it feels like the you are speaking whatever the infiltrators cannot speak up about," he said on Sunday.
On November 2, an INDIA bloc wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer of Jharkhand to take immediate strictest action against the "inflammatory and divisive speeches" being given by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma during an election rally.
In the letter, the INDIA bloc leaders said that Sarma targeted Muslim minorities in his speech delivered on November 1 in Sarath, Jharkhand.
"Please find attached the video of the speech given by Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP leader and Chief Minister Assam in the electoral rally and program at Sarath Jharkhand on November 1, 2024. His use of extremely divisive and hateful words in the speech targeting the Muslim minorities by saying words like "Woh log ek hi jageh par vote daalte hain lekin humaara Hindu aadha vote idhar daalega aadha udhar" and "ye sarkar ghuspaithiya ko bulaata hai Kyuki vishesh samudaay unko vote deta hai" are clear examples of the venomous language being used by him to create a civil warlike situation and incite violence in the ensuing assembly elections," the letter said.
The INDIA bloc leaders said that the speech given by Sarma is an example of the divisive politics being promoted by him and his party, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).
