Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has approached the Supreme Court against recent public speeches made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging that the statements are openly communal, unconstitutional, and amount to hate speech by a person holding a high constitutional office.
The petition has been filed by Maulana Mahmood Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, as part of the organisation’s ongoing 2021 writ petition on hate speech pending before the apex court.
The application seeks the framing of strict regulatory guidelines for constitutional functionaries to prevent the misuse of public office to promote hatred or target communities.
The plea specifically refers to a statement by the Assam Chief Minister on January 27, 2026, in which he claimed that four to five lakh “Miya” voters would be removed from the electoral rolls, and stated that he and his party were “directly against the Miya community.”
The petition notes that the term “Miya” is widely used in Assam as a derogatory reference to Bengali-origin Muslims.
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