In its manifesto for the 2021 Assam state elections, the BJP introduced what was until then a relatively novel claim of yet another conspiracy. This it called “land jihad”, and promised serious steps to counter this form of jihad. Assam BJP vice-president Swapnaneel Baruah explained this new purported conspiracy to ThePrint: “Land jihad is a way to force people sell off their lands—it happens anywhere where there are miyas (Bengali-origin Assamese Muslims). How does this work? He alleged that they “corner the land owner, making the land uninhabitable, sometimes by stealing cattle and throwing chopped heads of cattle into courtyards....
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