“Around 1,000 youths from the char chapori (riverine sand bars) will be engaged to create awareness about population control measures and to supply contraceptives. We are also planning to create a separate work force of ASHA (accredited social health activists) workers who will be tasked with creating awareness about birth control and also supply contraceptives,” he said, according to NDTV.

 

“If population growth among Hindus in Assam was 10% from 2001 to 2011, it was 29% among Muslims,” Sarma claimed.

 

“Owing to a smaller population, lifestyle of Hindus in Assam has become better, with spacious houses and vehicles, and children becoming doctors and engineers,” he continued.

 

Muslims account for 34.22% of Assam’s total population of 3.12 crore, according to the 2011 Census.