Media Eye News Bureau: Army chief General Bipin Rawat’s recent statements that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has been growing faster than the BJP in Assam because of the support of Muslims, with Pakistan and China pushing Bangladeshi migrants into the North-east part of the country to destabilise India have sparked a political row.

AIUDF chief, Badruddin Ajmal, took to twitter to express his sentiments. He tweeted, “By making such a statement, the army chief has indulged in politics which is against the constitutional mandate given to him.”

He further stated, “We respect General Rawat a lot but I think he has been misinformed and misguided. If the Army chief is saying demographic change is happening in Assam, it is the government’s job to check it. We are the only party which said, `Shoot anyone who infiltrates our borders’.”