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Communal-Driven Evictions of Muslims in Assam by BJP Hindu Extremist Government Intensifies

In September, around 1200 families in the Sipajhar area of Assam’s Muslim-populated Darrang District in India were rendered homeless due to an eviction drive by the state’s Hindu nationalist BJP government. Almost all of those evicted were Muslims of Bengali-origin who are not recognised by the government as legitimate residents of the state. Four mosques […]