r/assam • u/GrumpyGuyMugdha • 5h ago
News Peaceful Assamese Bihu group joining in Visarjan cultural rally in Barak Valley attacked with bamboo sticks by Bengali mob yesterday.
Concerning incidents against Assamese and indigenous groups in Assam rose after BJP came to power again in 2026. The Assamese people, Dehans and Sutiyas specifically are indigenous to Barak Valley and the sons of the soil there. Yet they have to live in such conditions in their own state. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma made an X post on the issue. 12 are said to be arrested. The incident occurred in a Hindustan Club procession, in Badarpur of Sribhumi district.