Gauhati HC Issues Notice to Himanta Biswa Over Hate Speech, Cites 'Fissiparous Tendency'

• Gauhati High Court issued notice to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding multiple petitions seeking action for alleged hate speeches against the Muslim community.
• A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury sought responses from Sarma and the governments, noting his speeches showed a "fissiparous tendency."
• The pleas accuse Sarma of repeatedly targeting the Muslim community using the derogatory term 'Miya' and cited a BJP Assam video showing him 'shooting' animated Muslim men.
• The Supreme Court previously declined to intervene, sending the matter to the Gauhati High Court and noting a "disturbing trend" of courts becoming political battlegrounds.
• Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi argued Sarma is a "habitual offender" and his remarks affect the entire country; CPI(M) and CPI leader Annie Raja also filed pleas for FIRs and an SIT.