Guwahati: Amid the row over anti-India rhetoric in Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reminded that India was a nuclear power.
In a video shared from the Assam CM’s X handle, Sarma is being heard saying in Hindi: “Since the past one year, it is being discussed that northeast be separated from India and made a part of Bangladesh. But, India is a big country, it is a nuclear nation, fourth largest economy in the world. How will Bangladesh do this? It is wrong for them to even think of this. The thoughts of people in Bangladesh is not good. We should not help them much. They must also be told that if they use such words against India, we will also not sit quiet.”
सबको यह समझना चाहिए कि भारत एक परमाणु शक्ति संपन्न राष्ट्र है।
इसके बावजूद, बांग्लादेश में कुछ लोग भारत के पूर्वोत्तर को अलग करने का सपना देख रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/OUAD8VTbgx
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 16, 2025
Sarma’s remarks come after a senior leader of Bangladesh’s newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP), Hasnat Abdullah, reportedly said Dhaka should “isolate” India’s northeastern states if New Delhi tries to “destabilise” Bangladesh, according to media reports.
His remarks were widely viewed as crossing a sensitive diplomatic line, prompting a swift response from New Delhi, as reported by ANI. The NCP leader went further by claiming that Bangladesh could assist in severing India’s so-called ‘seven sisters’ – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura – from the rest of the country.
Following this, on Wednesday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to New Delhi, and registered a strong objection to what it described as provocative and irresponsible remarks made by a Bangladeshi political leader.
