Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Alleges Targeted Eviction of Muslims in Assam, Appeals to CJI

• By Thetripurapost Desk, Guwahati
• Sep 02, 2025
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The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has alleged that Muslim families are being disproportionately targeted in ongoing eviction drives in Assam and urged Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai to take suo motu cognisance of what it termed an “unlawful campaign.”

Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani expressed alarm over the state’s operations, claiming that “more than 50,000 Muslim families” are facing eviction, with bulldozers demolishing homes “solely on the basis of religion.”

His remarks followed the Assam government’s second phase of eviction inside the Rengma Reserve Forest in Golaghat district, where nearly 230 families were displaced to clear alleged encroachments. In early August, a similar drive in Uriamghat along the Assam-Nagaland border removed encroachments from around 9,000 bighas of forest land, affecting some 1,500 families, many of them Muslims, officials said.

After a meeting of its working committee in Delhi, the Jamiat issued a statement voicing concern over the “rise in communalism, extremism, and religiously motivated discrimination against minorities, especially Muslims.” The organisation also criticised what it described as “a campaign by communal forces against madrasas and mosques,” despite the protections under the Places of Worship Act.

Madani alleged a “planned campaign” was underway to target Muslim-populated areas in Assam and forcibly displace residents. “By doing so, it is not just Muslim settlements that are being bulldozed — it is the Constitution and the rule of law in Assam that are being crushed,” he said.

Accusing Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of disregarding constitutional values, Madani appealed to the judiciary for intervention. “Nearly 50,000 families have been displaced solely on the basis of their religion. We call upon the Chief Justice of India to take suo motu notice and initiate legal action against all those involved,” he said.