‘We’re new miyas’: Will BJP naming some Assamese Muslims ‘Indigenous’ work?

On March 14, bulldozers demolished homes in the Muslim neighborhood of Islampur in Bongora, leaving 400 families homeless. Akram Ali, a member of the Goriya community, lost his home built over 45 years ago. Despite being recognized as Indigenous by the BJP, his house was flattened, highlighting the tensions surrounding identity and land rights in Assam.