Former MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on Sunday (January 25, 2026) said Muslims in the country were safer than ever before because Hindus stood with them.
He dismissed narratives about a sense of insecurity among Muslims and played down Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s remarks against Miyas, but urged members of the minority community to unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Miya is a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, often perceived to be Bangladeshis.
“Let him [Chief Minister] keep shouting miya-miya. Such ranting will not affect the resolve of the community,” Mr. Ajmal told journalists in Guwahati.
He insisted that such miya-bashing did not reflect the status of Muslims in India. “The community is safer than ever before across the country. Muslims have nothing to fear, as our Hindu brothers stand with them,” he said.
