Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that over 5,000 social media accounts, mostly operated from Islamic countries, have become active over the past month in favour of the Assam Congress.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, CM Sarma claimed that social media accounts from 47 countries, with the highest numbers from Bangladesh and Pakistan, have been focusing exclusively on the activities of a particular Assam Congress leader and the party’s state unit pages over the past month.
“We have detected an attempted foreign interference to influence Assam elections through social media. I think we will find out more facts on this matter,” CM Sarma said.
“It is surprising that they do not comment on or like posts by Rahul Gandhi or even the Indian National Congress. They are only focused on a particular leader and the Assam Congress,” Sarma said.
Besides Assam, they post Islamic fundamentalist content, including pro-Palestine, Iran and Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Prof Md Yunus.
Sarma stated, “They are not concerned with the change in the party’s leadership, but this development has taken place in the last month.”
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For the first time, there is so much foreign involvement in Assam politics in the run-up to the 2026 assembly elections,” he said.
Calling it a matter of “national security”, the chief minister further said that the central government has been apprised of the issue.
