On Friday (3rd July), Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the people wanted a ‘polarising figure’ like him in the State.
While speaking at The Indian Express Idea Exchange, he said, “I do not think polarisation is required in Assam. I have controlled that menace. Now nobody can put a finger on the Assamese people. No one has the guts to encroach on the land of temples, nobody has the guts to pick up a girl without her consent.”
Sarma further added, “Now people have been streamlined, people have become law-abiding. Once everyone abides by the law, I do not need to talk every day. I have to speak whenever it is required.”
He pointed out that the people of Assam needed a ‘polarising figure’ to restore confidence. “Because we did not have a figure, (there was) reason for frustration. I saw the requirement. Now people feel confident. Nothing has changed numerically, but people feel that there is a government which will not take care of just one community but they will listen to us too,” Sarma stated.
The Assam Chief Minister concluded, “Earlier, they felt they were fragmented and would not have the power to install a government of their own. People wanted a polarising figure… and I served that purpose.”
