Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said the words, actions, and images produced by the BJP IT Cell through a malicious video did not have the strength to scratch the surface of Assamese society. File
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The Assam unit of the Congress on Thursday (September 18, 2025) filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Dispur police station in Guwahati against the State Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT Cell for “criminal conspiracy, abetment, promoting enmity between religious groups, and violation of model code of conduct for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election”.The FIR, signed by Congress spokesperson Bedabrata Bora, said the State BJP had posted the communally sensitive video on its official handle on social media platform X on September 15 to depict a hypothetical scenario of Assam under non-BJP rule.“The video titled ‘Assam without BJP’ portrays an overwhelmingly Muslim-dominated Assam, with visuals of legalised beef sales in public spaces, renamed landmarks adorned with Islamic motifs, exaggerated statistics claiming a 90% Muslim population, and Muslim common intention to polarise communities for electoral advantage,” the FIR read.Pointing out that the video violated six Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Congress party underlined the “urgent need” Pointing out that the video violated six Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Congress party underlined the “urgent need” to register an FIR against BJP State president Dilip Saikia and others.The party sought urgent measures to prevent communal violence in the Bodoland Territorial Region, where elections to the BTC will be held on September 22.Earlier, State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said the words, actions, and images produced by the BJP’s IT Cell through a malicious video did not have the strength to scratch the surface of Assamese society.The words, actions and images produced by the BJP IT cell do not even have the strength to scratch the surface of Assamese society. Assam has been nurtured by Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva, Azan Pir, Swargadeo Siukapha, Lachit Borphukan and Bhupen Hazarika. People with links…— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) September 17, 2025“Assam has been nurtured by Mahapurush Srimanta Sankaradeva, Azan Pir, Swargadeo Siukapha, Lachit Borphukan, and Bhupen Hazarika. People with links to smuggling of cattle, coal, betel leaves, drugs will not dictate to the Assamese mind,” Mr. Gogoi posted on X.“The proud and great State of Assam deserves politicians who help the people of Assam reach new heights. We want to build a society of pilots, engineers, doctors, entrepreneurs, bankers, and business owners,” he said.“We want to see a bor (greater) Assam, where hard work trumps hate, decency matters over hubris, democracy crushes autocracy, and everyone is treated with respect,” Mr. Gogoi wrote.The BJP defended the video. “The Fault (read F-alt) gang of journalists and their pet ecosystem are bawling like ‘professional rotlus’ ever since @BJP4Assam dropped a video exposing what Assam’s future would look like if Paaijaan (a BJP term for Gaurav Gogoi) ever grabbed power,” State Information Minister Pijush Hazarika said on X.The Fault (read F-alt) gang of journalists and their pet ecosystem are bawling like 'professional rotlus' ever since @BJP4Assam dropped a video exposing what Assam's future would look like if Paaijaan ever grabbed power.@BJP4Assam video clearly spoke about the threat of illegal… https://t.co/lBbzdsdd5l— Pijush Hazarika (@Pijush_hazarika) September 17, 2025He said the video clearly spoke about the threat of illegal immigrants who were changing Assam’s demography, “but instantly these ‘champions of secularism’ screamed Islamophobia”, Mr. Pijush Hazarika said.“Now tell me — why the mirchi if the issue is about illegals? And here’s the real kicker — if, in their logic, talking about illegal immigrants = Islamophobia, then aren’t they themselves suggesting that all Muslims are illegal immigrants? Who’s the real Islamophobe here? Them or us?” Mr. Hazarika said. Published - September 18, 2025 01:10 pm IST
