The treasury bench of the 126-member Assam Assembly will for the first time in at least 50 years have no Muslim representative. The BJP had fielded eight Muslim candidates, but all of them lost. Of the 31 Muslim victors of the Mahajot, 16 were fielded by the Congress and 15 by the AIUDF. “There has been a narrative in Assam that Muslims will some day take over most of the constituencies. It was one of the triggers of the Assam Agitation that began to associate “illegal immigrants” with “Bangladeshis” aka Muslims.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2021 08:14 UTC