Sarbananda Sonowal

An alt-right and ethno-supremacist, Sarbananda Sonowal served as chief minister of from 2016 to 2021. A former student leader, Sonowal was a senior leader of Assamese nationalist, Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) before joining the right-wing Bhartiya (BJP).An alt-right and ethno-supremacist, Sarbananda Sonowal served as chief minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021. A former student leader, Sonowal was a senior leader of Assamese nationalist, Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) before joining the right-wing Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).

Sonowal shot to fame in Assam when the Supreme Court of in 2005 on his petition quashed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, which required complainantsagainst an alleged foreigner to submit nominal fees while registering the complaint.Sonowal shot to fame in Assam when the in 2005 on his petition quashed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, which required complainantsagainst an alleged foreigner to submit nominal fees while registering the complaint.

Despite being incumbent CM and BJP state president prior to the 2021 assembly elections, Sonowal, who comes from a Kachari tribe, gave up his chief ministerial berth in the state forHimanta Biswa Sarma, a Brahmin politician. Sonowal is currently holding the AYUSH and Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways portfolios in Hindu nationalist Narendra Modis cabinet.Despite being incumbent CM and BJP state president prior to the 2021 assembly elections, Sonowal, who comes from a Kachari tribe, gave up his chief ministerial berth in the state forHimanta Biswa Sarma, a Brahmin politician. Sonowal is currently holding the AYUSH and Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways portfolios in Hindu nationalist Narendra Modis cabinet.

Sonowal haddeclaredthat those who dont make it onto the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list will not be granted any constitutional rights. The NRC, updated only in Assam after 1951, aims to identify the alleged illegal foreigners from that of legal citizens. During Sonowals tenure, the Supreme Court-monitored NRC was published where more than 19 lakh people were left out of the citizenship list.Sonowal haddeclared that those who dont make it onto the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list will not be granted any constitutional rights. The NRC, updated only in Assam after 1951, aims to identify the alleged illegal foreigners from that of legal citizens. During Sonowals tenure, the Supreme Court-monitored NRC was published where more than 19 lakh people were left out of the citizenship list.

Ostensibly a low-key man Sonowal, being a tribal himself, is credited for building a unique synthesis between tribals of Assam and nationalists.Ostensibly a low-key man Sonowal, being a tribal himself, is credited for building a unique synthesis between tribals of Assam and Hindutva nationalists.

The two-time MP and two-time MLA is considered very close to Hindutva hardliners including Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister .The two-time MP and two-time MLA is considered very close to Hindutva hardliners including Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Some of his controversial statements:Some of his controversial statements:

He is the representative of illegal migrants. The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came into being

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in 2005 after the IMDT [Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal)] Act was repealed in 2005 by a Supreme Court order. The group is an assembly of 14 Muslim fundamentalist groups.He is the representative of illegal migrants. The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came into being in 2005 after the IMDT [Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal)] Act was repealed in 2005 by a Supreme Court order. The group is an assembly of 14 Muslim fundamentalist groups.

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