Malik Motasim Khan, vice-president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has strongly condemned the demolition and eviction actions being carried out in Assam. Malik Motasim Khan said that thousands of Bengali -origin Muslim families have become homeless in this destructive action and important infrastructure related to religion and community has been destroyed.
He said, ‘Regional surveys have shown that about 4,000 houses will be demolished in Gwalpada district alone during June-July 2025. Such reports have already come from Panchratna, Kurshapakhari, Bandaramatha and Angtihara-Gauranagar. Initial data suggests that more than 8,000 families have been affected in recent destructive actions in Gwalpada, Dhubri and Nalbari districts. Religious places have not been spared. More than 20 mosques, more than 40 madrasas and several Idgahs have been damaged. We express deep sorrow over this and condemn it.
Malik Motasim Khan said, ‘These operations violate humanity, constitutionalism and every norm of the fair process. Families who have been living on these lands for 70 to 80 years and citizens who have voter ID cards, Aadhaar cards and other documents have been demolished without any prior notice. Targeting Muslim -dominated settlements in a selected manner, highlights a serious disturbing communal prejudice, which does not have a place in constitutional democracy. We believe that even the leases issued in the east of the state from the government particular land have been evicted on a large scale and serious procedural flaws have been made. Cleaning the population land for allotment for private or industrial interests, weakens public confidence in the government.
Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded 6. First, till the transparent review is held, all the eviction actions being targeted by residential settlements should be stopped. Second, immediate human relief – food grains, infant food, medical aid, tarpaulin or tents, clean water, hygiene should be provided through the district administration and disaster management authorities. Third, timely rehabilitation and appropriate compensation for all displaced families. Fourth, an independent judicial or high -level inquiry commission should be formed, which will investigate validity, selectivity and perceived communal profiling in past and current campaigns. Fifth, assistance in conservation and reconstruction of damaged mosques, madrasas and Idgahs in consultation with local communities and compliance with sixth, pre -written information, rehabilitation before expulsion and compliance with all existing court orders.