Himanta Biswa Sarma

Learning Assamese Till Class 10 Must For Assam Government Jobs: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 26, 2020

He said his two children, who study outside the state, will not be eligible to apply for any state government job in Assam as they have not studied Assamese in their schools.

Sedition Case Against JNU Student For Alleged "Separate Northeast" Remark

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday January 25, 2020

Assam Police has registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Sharjeel Imam, said to be one of the organisers of the anti-citizenship law protest at Shaheen Bagh, after videos of him allegedly calling for the state to be cut off from the rest of India surfaced online. Assam Police told NDTV that Sharjeel Imam, a student ...

No Union Territory Status For Bodo-Dominated Areas In Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 25, 2020

Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday clarified that the Centre would not upgrade the state's "Bodoland Territorial Area Districts" (BTAD) to a Union Territory, as part of a new peace accord likely to be inked between various stakeholders and the Centre.

Assam Promises Free Rice For The Poor Ahead Of State Budget

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday January 25, 2020

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Friday that the BJP-led state government will offer free rice to the poor and also provide pulses and sugar at subsidised rates in the next budget. The poor in Assam get rice at Re 1 per kilogram.

Tarun Gogoi Calls Himanta Sarma "Habitual Liar" Over Assam Accord Remarks

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 20, 2020

Calling Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma a "habitual liar", Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Monday alleged that the BJP leader had lied in the Assembly about the Assam Accord despite submitting an affidavit in the Supreme Court with 1971 as the cut-off year for detecting and deporting illegal immigrants.

Assam Government Calls For "Safeguards, Checks" In CAA Implementation

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday January 18, 2020

Cornered by sustained protests against the citizenship law, the BJP-led Assam government has "suggested" the centre must have several "safeguards" and "checks" in the set of rules to be framed for its implementation

'Proof Of Religious Persecution Not Possible But...': BJP's Himanta Sarma

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday January 18, 2020

Assam minister and the BJP's key strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that those applying for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Law cannot prove if they face religious persecution but the central government will work out a process to verify their claims.

On Assam Accord Cut-Off Date For Citizenship, Himanta Biswa Sarma's Spin

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday January 14, 2020

Assam minister and the BJP's key strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma weighed in on the debate over the citizenship law in the state, contending that 1971 was never the cut-off year for granting citizenship under the Assam accord - a key claim of those protesting against the new law.

'Hindus Are Secular, Cannot Be Jinnah,' Says Himanta Biswa Sarma

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 13, 2020

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday speaking in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act and granting of status to Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan told the Assembly that a person from the community "cannot be a Jinnah as he never attacks anyone" and are secular.

Actors In Habit Of Creating Controversies Before Film Release: Himanta Biswa Sarma On Deepika Padukone

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 10, 2020

Taking a dig at Deepika Padukone over her participation in the JNU vigil, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said actors were in the habit of visiting disturbed areas to create controversies and get free publicity before the release of their films.

Left Behind Anarchy On University Campuses: BJP's Himanta Sarma

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday January 9, 2020

Amid widespread outrage over the attack on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus earlier this week, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday accused Left parties of spreading "anarchy" in educational institutes across the country. He also criticised Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone's visit to JNU to meet those injured in the attack, saying t...

"It's A Trend": BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma On Deepika Padukone JNU Visit

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Thursday January 9, 2020

Actor Deepika Padukone, who visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi earlier this week ahead of the release of her movie "Chhapaak", was criticised today by Assam Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"90% Assam Congress MLAs Are Descendants Of Bangladeshis": Minister Himanta Sarma

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday January 9, 2020

Assam minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma made a sensational claim that 90 per cent of the Congress MLAs in Assam are descendants of Bangladeshi migrants.

'Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne': Himanta Biswa Sarma On New Political Party In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Sunday December 29, 2019

At a time when the Assam BJP is trying to rectify its image with back to back massive peace rallies across the state, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma at one such rally claimed that those leading the Anti-citizenship law protests are day dreaming to start a political party to dislodge the BJP. He however said that these dreams will never be fulfilled...

"Cut-Off Is 2014 Because...": BJP's Himanta Sarma Explains Citizenship Act

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday December 28, 2019

The cut-off for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was set at 2014 because the BJP-led centre has no choice but to shoulder the burden of "mistakes" committed by the Congress until that year, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.