Building Mosques, Occupying Indigenous Peoples Land: Assam CM Sarma On Minorities Vs Satra Row

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday warned minorities particularly Muslims not to create a warfare with Satras, indigenous monastic establishment, via development mosques or eating pork close to the non secular position. He additionally instructed minorities not to attempt to occupy Satra land and admire the traditions and customs of the indigenous other folks and no longer attempt to create a warfare. 

“In the context of Assam, if we reach a non-negotiable point between the Satra institutions and the newly arriving people, then naturally, the newcomers should step back. But instead, they have started doing the very things near the Satras that the Satras themselves do not accept. One major element of this is the issue of cow meat, and a major example is the construction of a masjid directly near a Satra. When cow meat is consumed near a Satra, and the sound of Azaan from a masjid overlaps with the Namghar of the Satra, it becomes a non-negotiable point,” mentioned the CM. 

Sarma mentioned that if minorities eat cow meat, however will achieve this 10 kilometres away, there comes warfare however consensus is conceivable. He mentioned Assamese other folks retreat if warfare is created via minorities as they have no idea tips on how to struggle as they do not want warfare. 

Minorities will have to admire the traditions and customs of the indigenous other folks and no longer attempt to create a warfare via development Masjids close to Satras and occupying Satra land.

Dhubri, Barpeta, and so on. are an instance of such templates and we will have to no longer let this be repeated. pic.twitter.com/94qSPcO6j9
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 10, 2025

Satras are distinctive monastic establishments in Assam, India, deeply related to the Ekasarana Dharma (often referred to as Neo-Vaishnavism), a monotheistic devotional motion began via the 15th-16th century saint-reformer Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva.

The Satra Aayog shaped for reviewing and assessing the issues of the Satra lands in Assam, submitted its ultimate report back to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa at a programme held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati on Monday.

It could also be famous that the Aayog shaped on November 24, 2021, with MLA Pradip Hazarika as its Chairman and MLAs Mrinal Saikia and Rupak Sarma as its contributors, visited round 126 satras, tested the present issues there and submitted the document, giving a number of suggestions.

Chief Minister Sarma additionally mentioned that satras play a very powerful position within the socio-cultural and religious lifetime of the state. Moreover, he mentioned that Srimanta Sankardeva, via introducing neo-Vaishnavism, took a an important position in putting in place the satras to talk about and pontificate cultural and religious values around the state.

He mentioned that it could be very tricky for the federal government to empower the entire 922 satras, due to this fact, appealed to the folks of Assam to paintings jointly to give protection to the satra lands and lend a hand them paintings for the project they had been established.