GUWAHATI: Several Koch Rajbongshi organizations headed through All Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union (Akrsu) have called a 12-hour Assam bandh from first light to dusk on January 8, accusing the Centre of adopting ‘delaying tactics’ to stave off the rising chorus in call for of granting schedule tribe (ST) standing to 6 communities of the state, together with Koch Rajbongshis.
Staging a protest on the day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consult with to the state on Friday, Akrsu burnt effigies of the PM, home minister Rajnath Singh and leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal, expressing their grievances over non-fulfilment in their ST call for and and the Centre’s ‘unwillingness’ to discuss their call for for a separate ‘Kamatapur state’.
Akrsu general secretary Gokul Barman said the bandh call given through the Koch-Rajbongshi scholars’ body and its sister organizations — All Koch Rajbongshi Mahila Samiti and Chilarai Sena — has gained reinforce from the Tai-Ahom, Tea Tribes, Moran, Muttock and Chutia communities of Assam, which have also been striving for the ST tag for a long time. “Even ahead of the last assembly elections, BJP leaders had said that they are committed for sincerely taking into account the ST call for, but nearly three years have gone and no fruitful result has been achieved till date. This bandh call is against the betrayal of the BJP-led government at the Centre,” said Barman.
Even as reports of the Centre most probably taking into account the ST standing call for in the fresh cupboard assembly made rounds in the state, Barman said the six communities are irked over not that includes in the meet. Akrsu has launched a campaign against BJP simultaneous with PM Modi’s blowing of the birthday party’s Lok Sabha bugle from Silchar in southern Assam on Friday, he added.
Paving the way in which for granting of ST standing to 6 OBC communities in Assam, the Centre in February 2016 had set up a committee to recommend the modalities for finishing the process. The committee was about to publish its record through May 31 that 12 months, but the All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (Atasu), which also extended reinforce to the bandh, said the issue has been utilized by the ruling government only for ‘garnering’ benefits in successive elections.
“It was a well-crafted conspiracy to spread the hearsay this week that the Union cupboard would possibly take a an important determination in favour of granting ST standing to the six communities. But we want to caution the federal government that this will have to not come as a lollipop and the Centre will have to not move forward to go the citizenship bill in return. The Centre’s determination to set up a high-level committee to recommend how one can supply constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to the indigenous other people of Assam will have to not come as conciliation for the six communities that are up in arms challenging ST standing unconditionally,” said Atasu joint general secretary Monuj Gogoi.
Staging a protest on the day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consult with to the state on Friday, Akrsu burnt effigies of the PM, home minister Rajnath Singh and leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal, expressing their grievances over non-fulfilment in their ST call for and and the Centre’s ‘unwillingness’ to discuss their call for for a separate ‘Kamatapur state’.
Akrsu general secretary Gokul Barman said the bandh call given through the Koch-Rajbongshi scholars’ body and its sister organizations — All Koch Rajbongshi Mahila Samiti and Chilarai Sena — has gained reinforce from the Tai-Ahom, Tea Tribes, Moran, Muttock and Chutia communities of Assam, which have also been striving for the ST tag for a long time. “Even ahead of the last assembly elections, BJP leaders had said that they are committed for sincerely taking into account the ST call for, but nearly three years have gone and no fruitful result has been achieved till date. This bandh call is against the betrayal of the BJP-led government at the Centre,” said Barman.
Even as reports of the Centre most probably taking into account the ST standing call for in the fresh cupboard assembly made rounds in the state, Barman said the six communities are irked over not that includes in the meet. Akrsu has launched a campaign against BJP simultaneous with PM Modi’s blowing of the birthday party’s Lok Sabha bugle from Silchar in southern Assam on Friday, he added.
Paving the way in which for granting of ST standing to 6 OBC communities in Assam, the Centre in February 2016 had set up a committee to recommend the modalities for finishing the process. The committee was about to publish its record through May 31 that 12 months, but the All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (Atasu), which also extended reinforce to the bandh, said the issue has been utilized by the ruling government only for ‘garnering’ benefits in successive elections.
“It was a well-crafted conspiracy to spread the hearsay this week that the Union cupboard would possibly take a an important determination in favour of granting ST standing to the six communities. But we want to caution the federal government that this will have to not come as a lollipop and the Centre will have to not move forward to go the citizenship bill in return. The Centre’s determination to set up a high-level committee to recommend how one can supply constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to the indigenous other people of Assam will have to not come as conciliation for the six communities that are up in arms challenging ST standing unconditionally,” said Atasu joint general secretary Monuj Gogoi.
Koch Rajbongshis call 12-hour Assam bandh on January 8 over ST status demand
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