AIUDF common secretary Rafiqul Islam on Wednesday attacked Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the renaming of the Karimganj district, hinting that the title was modified as a result of it was linked to Islam. “They solely see Muslims in Karim,” Rafiqul Islam added.
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the Karimganj district will likely be renamed to Sribhumi. “Over 100 years in the past, Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore had described modern-day Karimganj District in Assam as ‘Sribhumi’–the land of Maa Lakshmi. At the moment the #AssamCabinet has fulfilled this long-standing demand of our individuals,” he wrote on X.
Referring to Himanta Biswa Sarma steering the BJP’s election marketing campaign in Jharkhand, Islam stated it’s tough to say that he’s the chief minister of Assam.
“The CM has nothing to do proper now. He stayed in Jharkhand for a month. It’s tough to say that he’s the chief minister of Assam,” he stated.
Reacting to Himanta Biswa Sarma’s comment on Tuesday that there was no which means of Karimganj in Assamese and Bengali dictionaries, the MLA stated it was a historic title.
“Karimganj is a historic title. So if those that are saying that the names that aren’t within the dictionary, which aren’t significant, will change it, then hundreds of names in Assam must be modified,” he added.
He stated Karim means love and affection.
“Karim has a superb which means; why there isn’t a which means, it has a superb which means. Karim means love and affection,” he stated.
“When India-Pakistan was divided, on the time of the referendum, some individuals got here collectively to separate this district into two items and took the piece of Sylhet with Pakistan. Nevertheless it remained in Assam. We communicate in satisfaction that our ancestors made efforts to maintain Karimganj with India throughout partition,” he added.
Sarma immediately stated why a district needs to be named after an unknown particular person.
“I feel they will criticise me, however why are they criticising Rabindranath Tagore? In Assam, why ought to a district be named after an unknown particular person? It ought to have been modified lengthy again,” he stated.
With inputs from ANI
