Premium

Himanta hits out at Harsh Mander after police complaint in Delhi

The Delhi-based social activist had filed a police complaint against the Assam CM over the latter’s comments urging people to ‘trouble Miyas’

Himanta Biswa Sarma, Harsh Mander, Himanta Biswa Sarma Harsh Mander case, Miya Muslim voting rights Assam, Harsh Mander hate speech complaint, Assam NRC fraud allegations, Special Intensive Revision Assam 2026, Bengali-origin Muslims Assam news, Hauz Khas police station Sarma FIR, Himanta Biswa Sarma 100 cases, Miya vote bank controversy, J&K to Assam political news, Special Revision process 2026On Saturday, referring to this complaint filed by Mander, Sarma said, “He has filed just one case against me. Just see, I will file at least 100 cases against him now as I have the necessary materials for it.”
Written by: Sukrita Baruah
2 min readGuwahatiFeb 1, 2026 11:48 AM IST First published on: Feb 1, 2026 at 07:40 AM IST

After Delhi-based social activist Harsh Mander filed a police complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for “inflammatory hate speech”, Sarma on Saturday said he would file “at least 100 cases” against Mander.

Earlier this week, Mander had filed a complaint at the Hauz Khas police station in Delhi, seeking the registration of an FIR under sections of BNS pertaining to promoting enmity, assertions prejudicial to national integration, statements conducive to public mischief, and acts intended to outrage religious feelings. Delhi police have said they are looking into the complaint.

Advertisement

In the complaint, Mander refers to Sarma’s statements made on January 27, when he urged people to “trouble Miyas”, referring to Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam. He also said that “4-5 lakh Miya votes will have to be cut” when a Special Intensive Revision is held in Assam, and that arrangements were being made to make sure “they are not able to vote in Assam” by filing objections against them during the ongoing Special Revision process.

Sukrita Baruah is a Principal Correspondent for The Indian Expres... Read More

Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments