Himanta Biswa Sarma blames 'Miya' Muslim vendors for hike in vegetable prices in Guwahati

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on July 13 said that the prices of vegetables are witnessing a surge in Guwahati because most of the sellers are from the ‘Miya’ community.

Sarma's statement came after All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president and MP Badruddin Ajmal said that Assam is incomplete without the ‘Miya’ community.

"Miya vendors are responsible for the price increase of vegetables in the city. Most of the vegetable vendors who are increasing the price belong to the "Miya community,'' Sarma said while speaking to reporters. 

It is worth mentioning that presently the prices of tomatoes as well as all other green vegetables witnessing a huge price rise in the country forcing the masses to spend more on vegetables. 

The Assam Chief Minister also said that the price of the vegetables sold by the farmers in the village is not high, but when the same vegetables are brought from the village to the city and sold in Guwahati, their prices increased.

''The reason for this is that most of the Miya people are vegetables in Guwahati. If the Assamese people sell vegetables, would they charge more price from their own people at an inflated price?'' he added.

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