Himanta Biswa Sarma has been unabashed about his Hindu identity and has meticulously worked to unite the community across linguistic and ethnic lines in Assam. The historical differences between Assamese Hindus and Bengali Hindus have healed, and the State has moved in the direction of permanent reconciliation.
In order to properly administer the legislation it has passed, Parliament may create more courts under Article 247. A Bengal Atrocities Tribunal with a defined jurisdiction could be established by a specific legislative act passed by a government with the mandate currently held nationally by the BJP.
Previously unheard and unseen in Assam politics, Himanta Biswa Sarma took an objective approach to draw a much-needed distinction between Bengali Hindu refugees (who migrated to the Indian State to flee persecution) and Bengali Muslim infiltrators (who came to Assam for economic opportunities).
Mamata Banerjee is using language politics to consolidate specific voter bases while simultaneously labeling non-Bengali Hindus as "outsiders" to create a social divide.
While Indians living in countries like the US, Canada, and Europe often import fibreglass idols of Goddess Durga, not meant to be immersed, the idol in Kashi is not immersed because of the Goddess's command.
Major R. Rajamani, the commander of the Indian Army unit that reached Mandai on 9th June 1980, compared the brutality of the killings to the '1968 My Lai massacre' in Vietnam. He remarked, "I have heard of My Lai. I wonder whether that was half as gruesome as here."
During a press conference, Sarma mentioned that most Hindu Bengalis prefer to prove their citizenship status in court rather than applying under the CAA.