Miya factor continues to dominate discourse as Assam heads to polls

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened…

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• Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma…
• Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in
• the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for
• Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls

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• ened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls
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• Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma…
• Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, in
• the run-up to the polls Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sharpened his rhetoric against Miyas, a pejorative term for