Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday (January 29, 2026), defended his remarks on the term ‘Miya’, saying they were grounded in observations made by the Supreme Court rather than political or communal considerations.
In a post on social media platform X, he said that his critics should revisit the apex court’s findings on illegal migration in Assam, clarifying that the term was locally used in the context of undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim migration. He maintained that his comments reflected judicial concerns expressed years ago about the scale and impact of the issue.
