Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, stated on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, that if Bangladeshi officials keep threatening to shut off the northeastern province from the Indian mainland, New Delhi won't keep quiet for long.
He claimed that Bangladesh's "bad mindset" was evident in the country's continuous calls to seize control of the northeast after cutting it off from India.
For a year now, Bangladesh has made statements advocating for the northeast to join with that nation. The Chief Minister told reporters, "It is wrong for Bangladesh to even imagine this."
He claimed that the people of Bangladesh had a negative outlook, pointing out that India is a big country, a nuclear power, and the fourth largest economy in the world.
He stated, "If such behavior is directed towards India, we should not assist the country and let them know that we will not remain silent."
The Chief Minister's response was made the day after Hasnat Abdullah, a leader of Bangladesh's recently established National Citizen Party, declared that the eight states that make up northeastern India ought to be isolated.
He issued a warning, saying, "I want to tell Bharat that we will shelter the separatists of India and cut the northeast off if you continue to shelter those who do not believe in our country's sovereignty and human rights."
He charged that India was arming and financing Sheikh Hasina's supporters to overthrow the current government in Bangladesh.
Such a threat has been made by others before Mr. Abdullah. "The seven States of India in its eastern part are a land-locked region," stated Mohammed Yunus, Chief Advisor to the country's interim government, earlier this year. They are unable to connect with the ocean. The ocean is only protected by us.
Later, the "chicken's neck," a 22-35 km wide area in Siliguri, West Bengal, that connects the northeast to the rest of India, became the target of a threat from Bangladeshi officials. Bangladesh should prioritize its two "vulnerable" chicken's necks before threatening India, according to the chief minister of Assam.
The first is the 28-kilometer Chittagong Corridor from South Tripura to the Bay of Bengal, and the second is the 80-kilometer Dakhin Dinajpur in West Bengal to the South West Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
