New Delhi: The Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) has demanded the immediate removal of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The group accused him of hate speech and communal targeting in eviction drives that displaced over 50,000 families in the state.
In a resolution passed on Wednesday, JUH asked the President of India and the Chief Justice of India to dismiss Sarma “forthwith.” It also called for criminal action against him under hate speech laws.
The committee pointed to Sarma’s remark, “We are only evicting Miya Muslims,” as clear proof of communal bias. It stressed that all the displaced families were Muslims. The group described the eviction campaign as unconstitutional, discriminatory, and in violation of Supreme Court guidelines.
JUH clarified that it does not support illegal encroachments. But it said the Assam government was acting in an inhumane and prejudiced way, driven by hate-filled rhetoric. The resolution also sought immediate rehabilitation of displaced families, transparent surveys before evictions, and restraint in inflammatory remarks by ministers and officials.
The meeting was chaired by JUH president Maulana Mahmood Madani. Senior leaders including General Secretary Maulana Hakeemuddin Qasmi, Vice Presidents Maulana Muhammad Salman Bijnori and Mufti Ahmad Devala, Treasurer Qari Shaukat Ali, parliamentarian Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, and other scholars attended the online session.
The committee also adopted a resolution on Palestine. It condemned what it called an ongoing genocide in Gaza. It said nearly 100,000 people had been killed. It accused Israel of starving civilians and annexing Gaza under a “Greater Israel” plan.
JUH urged Arab states and the global community to unite against Israeli aggression. It called for humanitarian corridors and an immediate ceasefire.
