Decade between 2004-14 was unfortunate for India: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that the decade between 2004-14 was an unfortunate one, where the strings of the Govt were pulled by individuals who were not answerable to the Parliament. Even Indira Gandhi was answerable to parliament for her actions but 10 Janpath remained scot-free.

The decade between 2004-14 was an unfortunate one, where the strings of the Govt were pulled by individuals who were not answerable to the Parliament.

Even Indira Gandhi was answerable to parliament for her actions but 10 Janpath remained scot-free.

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— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 2, 2025

He also alleged that the Left and the liberals are the biggest danger to Hindus. Maintaining that Muslims or Christians are never a threat to the Hindus, he claimed that those weakening the Hindus are within their own society. "I believe that the Left and the liberals are the biggest danger to the Hindus," Sarma said while addressing an award ceremony conducted by a private organisation  in Kolkata. "The weakening of Hindus in West Bengal was inherited by Mamata Banerjee from the Left and the liberals," the Assam chief minister said.Sarma said that one must remember that India's civilisation is over 5,000 years old and it did not begin with the Independence of the country in 1947. India is a "naturally secular nation" and no one needs to teach it the qualities of tolerance and brotherhood, Sarma said in his address.
"If Rahul Gandhi or Mamata Banerjee think that Hindus will cease to exist, they should know that the Hindus will always remain," he said. "In Assam, the percentage of Hindus has gone down to 58 per cent, while in West Bengal, the percentage of the community may be around 65 per cent," Sarma claimed. He asserted that the Hindu civilisation will continue to remain and flourish. Sarma said that under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi, India has been flourishing in all fields. He claimed that the resurgence of India began after Modi came to power, with the country advancing in all fields from economy, finance to science.