Guwahati, Aug 26: After several organisations threatened a section of the Muslim community to leave the upper Assam districts or face consequences, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Monday submitted a memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya seeking action against the organisations.
Upper Assam, comprising nine districts, is an administrative division of Assam.
The opposition party also sought a public statement from the BJP-led state government, condemning the stand taken by these organisations against a section of Muslims.
A number of organisations recently asked the Bengali speaking Muslims, locally called as ‘Miyas’, to leave the Upper Assam districts immediately, claiming it as a step to protect the indigenous people and their culture.
In the memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the AIUDF said, “It has come to our notice that some unknown organisations and fundamentalist groups have publicly issued threats against a section of the Muslim community demanding that they should leave upper Assam immediately or face dire consequences.”
Miya is originally a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam and the non-Bengali speaking people generally identify them as Bangladeshi immigrants.
 on Monday submitted a memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya seeking action against the organisations.){kind=link}