Mastermind of Shaheen Bagh protest and former studentof Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Sharjeel Imam have made a controversialstatement saying that Muslims are in such numbers that they can out the entireNortheast from the rest of India.
Speaking at Shaheen Bagh protest, Imam said that theiraim is to cut Assam and Northeast from India.
Imam, in an apparent reference to the Chicken Neck- the strategic corridor which connects India with the Northeast told the people to join in large numbers to block the railway tracks and roads.
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He said, "If we all come together, then we canseparate the Northeast from India. If not permanently then at least for 1-2months we can do this. It will take the administration at least one month todisperse all of them. It is our responsibility to cut Assam from India whenthis will happen, only then the Centre will listen to us."
Imam, in a Facebook post shared yesterday, clarified that the main aim of Shaheen Bagh protest is to do "chakka jam" and rest everything is secondary.
He wrote, 'People need to understand the differencebetween chakka jam and sit-in protests. Organize sit-in protests in every cityand tell people about chakka jam. Then after all the preparation and planninggo and sit on highways."
Imam talked about the same strategy that Beijing madeto isolate Northeast from the rest of India with a standoff between India andChina in Doklam but taking control of the Chicken Neck (Siliguri Corridor).
Meanwhile, several women have completed a 24-hourprotest here against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and are going strongto stretch it to 48 hours.
Reacting on Imam's controversial statement, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government will register a case against him. The minister also said that Imam will be brought under the law for making such a derogatory statement against Assam.
Reacting to this, BJP MPSubramanian Swamy said that such people should be "charged under theNational Security Act and put away for 30 years".