‘Constructing Mosques, Occupying Indigenous Folks’s Land’: Assam CM Sarma On Minorities Vs Satra Row | India Information

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday warned minorities particularly Muslims to not create a battle with Satras, indigenous monastic establishment, by constructing mosques or consuming beef close to the spiritual place. He additionally suggested minorities to not attempt to occupy Satra land and respect the traditions and customs of the indigenous individuals and never attempt to create a battle.
“Within the context of Assam, if we attain a non-negotiable level between the Satra establishments and the newly arriving individuals, then naturally, the newcomers ought to step again. However as an alternative, they’ve began doing the very issues close to the Satras that the Satras themselves don’t settle for. One main component of that is the difficulty of cow meat, and a serious instance is the development of a masjid instantly close to a Satra. When cow meat is consumed close to a Satra, and the sound of Azaan from a masjid overlaps with the Namghar of the Satra, it turns into a non-negotiable level,” mentioned the CM.
Sarma mentioned that if minorities eat cow meat, however will achieve this 10 kilometres away, there comes battle however consensus is feasible. He mentioned Assamese individuals retreat if battle is created by minorities as they have no idea battle as they do not need battle.
Minorities ought to respect the traditions and customs of the indigenous individuals and never attempt to create a battle by constructing Masjids close to Satras and occupying Satra land.
Dhubri, Barpeta, and so on. are an instance of such templates and we should always not let this be repeated. pic.twitter.com/94qSPcO6j9
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 10, 2025
Satras are distinctive monastic establishments in Assam, India, deeply related to the Ekasarana Dharma (also referred to as Neo-Vaishnavism), a monotheistic devotional motion began by the Fifteenth-Sixteenth century saint-reformer Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva.
The Satra Aayog shaped for reviewing and assessing the issues of the Satra lands in Assam, submitted its closing report back to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa at a programme held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati on Monday.
It could be famous that the Aayog shaped on November 24, 2021, with MLA Pradip Hazarika as its Chairman and MLAs Mrinal Saikia and Rupak Sarma as its members, visited round 126 satras, examined the present issues there and submitted the report, giving a number of suggestions.
Chief Minister Sarma additionally mentioned that satras play an essential position within the socio-cultural and religious lifetime of the state. Furthermore, he mentioned that Srimanta Sankardeva, by introducing neo-Vaishnavism, took an important position in organising the satras to debate and preach cultural and religious values throughout the state.
He mentioned that it might be very tough for the federal government to empower all of the 922 satras, due to this fact, appealed to the individuals of Assam to work collectively to guard the satra lands and assist them work for the mission they have been established.