Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he would not request Miya to vote for the BJP but they can do that only if they follow family planning, stop child marriage and shed fundamentalism.
“When elections come, I myself will request them not to vote for us (BJP). When you will follow family planning, stop child marriage and shed fundamentalism, then you vote for us. To complete these, it will take 10 years and we will seek votes after 10 years, not now,” Sarma said.
The Assam Chief Minister said that Miya people support him, PM Narendra Modi and the BJP, and they can continue to shout slogans in favour of the saffron brigade without voting for them.
Bengali-speaking Muslims in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam are generally known as Miya.
“BJP will do public welfare and they will support us, but they don’t need to vote for us. There is no harm in supporting us. Let them shout ‘zindabad’ for Himanta Biswa Sarma, Narendra Modi and BJP,” he said.
He said that those voting in favour of him and the BJP should not have more than two or three children.
“They must send their daughters to schools, cannot indulge in child marriage and adopt Sufism by leaving fundamentalism,” he said.
