GUWAHATI: A panel set up by Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma government to identify Asmiya Muslims has submitted its report. It recommended that a notification be passed to identify 'Assamese Muslims' as a special group in the state so that they can be separated from Muslims who have illegally entered the state from Bangladesh.
The panel was formed last year by the state's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after a meeting among members of the Assamese Muslim community from various places to discuss the socio-economic problems of the group. Now in its report, the panel has recommended that the native Muslims of Assam should be given an ID card or a certificate for their special identification. It has also been recommended that the state government should pass a law similar to Article 333 of the Constitution to identify them as well as to ensure their opportunity to be represented in the Census and the Parliament and State Assembly of India.
Let me tell you that, the panel formed by the Assam government was divided into seven sub-committees. They were asked to make recommendations on matters such as politics, culture, education, health, skill development and curbing the growing population. The report, released on Thursday (April 22, 2022), included Assamese Muslim journalists, intellectuals, lawyers, activists and academics in the panel to prepare the same.
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