People wanted a polarising figure like me : Himanta

way2barak, July 5: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the people wanted a ‘polarising figure’ like him in the State.

He said, “I do not think polarisation is required in Assam. I have controlled that menace. Now nobody can put a finger on the Assamese people. No one has the guts to encroach on the land of temples, nobody has the guts to pick up a girl without her consent.”

Sarma further added, “Now people have been streamlined, people have become law-abiding. Once everyone abides by the law, I do not need to talk every day. I have to speak whenever it is required.”

He pointed out that the people of Assam needed a ‘polarising figure’ to restore confidence. “Because we did not have a figure, (there was) reason for frustration. I saw the requirement. Now people feel confident. Nothing has changed numerically, but people feel that there is a government which will not take care of just one community but they will listen to us too,” Sarma stated.