Miya Muslims

March 2024

Parties lose registrations

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma warned Political Parties in the state that they could lose their registrations if found to be organising strikes and protests against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in violation of Guwahati HC order. Twitter

August 2024

Muslim Marriage Registration Bill, 2024

Assam has approved the Muslim Marriage Registration Bill 2024 having two special provisions.

1. the registration of Muslim marriages will be done only by government, not by the Qazi.
2. Registration of child marriage will be deemed illegal.

September 2024

Abolishing 2 hour Namaz break in assembly

Assam assembly abolishes 2-hour break for Friday ‘namaz’ in the legislative assembly Move to scrap namaz break in state Assembly aims to boost legislative productivity.
Decision was supported by Speaker and MLAs.
Practice was introduced by Muslim League’s Syed Saadulla in 1937.

October 2024

"No NRC No Aadhaar"

No NRC, No Aadhaar : Major announcement by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma He revealed that applications for Aadhaar cards are more than the population in the state.
He said if one does not apply for NRC, they will not receive an Aadhaar card.

March 2025

First ever railway link to Bhutan from Assam

• First-Ever Railway Link To Bhutan From Assam Completed.
  • Length - 69.04 km
  • Cost - ₹ 3,500 crore

Government to scrutinize all inter religious land sales

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state govt will scrutinize all inter-religious land sales.

Justice Biplab Sharma committee

• “On the recommendation of Justice Biplab Sharma committee, in regards to Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, in selected revenue blocks, only the indigenous people of Assam can indulge in the sale and purchase of land.
• Assam is a very sensitive state. We want to avoid all kinds of communal disturbances.
• So we banned the inter-religious transfer of land or property last year in view of certain difficult situations.
  • But that order was deemed unconstitutional.
  • So we have now allowed it, but any inter-religious sale and purchase of land, but that can only happen after the approval of state government.
• We will consider and scrutinise every proposal and there after the sale or purchase can happen.”

December 2025

Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950

• The Assam Cabinet approved the framing of a standard operating procedure under the Act in September this year.
• The act being used for the first time this year.

About the act

• Allows the government to remove or expel certain immigrants who had come into Assam from outside India if their presence was considered harmful, within a set time and via a specified route
• Although this applies to the whole of India it specifically deals with people who entered Assam after living in another country.
• The law did not apply to refugees who came from areas in East Pakistan due to riots or civil disturbances unsettled in Assam for safety.
• The government can also delegate these powers to central government officials, state governments like Assam, Meghalaya or Nagaland and their officers.
• Anyone found violating, may be punished with fine or imprisonment of up to three years. Citizenship Business Standards