The Janagusthiya Aikya Manch, Assam, today resolved to disrupt the Congress’s campaign for the next Lok Sabha elections if Dispur did not take steps to pass a bill according Scheduled Tribe status to six communities in the ensuing budget session of Parliament.
The organisation, an umbrella organisation of six indigenous communities in Assam, comprises the All Tai Ahom Students’ Union, All Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union, All Assam Moran Students’ Union, Chutia Yuva Sanmilan Assam, Sodou Matak Yuva Chatra Sanmilan and the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association.
Leaders of the organisation today said they had adopted a resolution to hold public meetings to explain to the people about the failure of the Congress-led government in ensuring Scheduled Tribe status to these communities.
“We will not allow the Congress to hold election campaigns in areas where these communities have a sizeable population,” said All Tai Ahom Students’ Union president Pranjal Rajkonwar.
Source said in December, a delegation of the organisation met registrar general of India, C. Chandramouli who after going through relevant documents had told them that the communities had fulfilled the required criteria to enjoy Scheduled Tribe status.
The organisations said their meeting with Chandramouli had made it clear that it is the Assam government which has allegedly deprived the communities of their Scheduled Tribe status.
The organisations said they also met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, tribal affairs minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo, DoNER minister Paban Singh Ghatowar and leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, and submitted memoranda to them on the issue in December.
SMYCS president Bis-weswar Saikia, AKRSU adviser Atul Ray, AAMSU president Tutukanta Moran and CYSA secretary Nripen Kha-nikar were present with Rajkonwar. The leaders said they had met chief minister Tarun Gogoi twice before they met Sonia. “Gogoi assured us that steps would be taken to take things forward. Now he has turned a blind eye to the issue citing panchayat elections,” he said.
The organisation, an umbrella organisation of six indigenous communities in Assam, comprises the All Tai Ahom Students’ Union, All Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union, All Assam Moran Students’ Union, Chutia Yuva Sanmilan Assam, Sodou Matak Yuva Chatra Sanmilan and the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association.
Leaders of the organisation today said they had adopted a resolution to hold public meetings to explain to the people about the failure of the Congress-led government in ensuring Scheduled Tribe status to these communities.
“We will not allow the Congress to hold election campaigns in areas where these communities have a sizeable population,” said All Tai Ahom Students’ Union president Pranjal Rajkonwar.
Source said in December, a delegation of the organisation met registrar general of India, C. Chandramouli who after going through relevant documents had told them that the communities had fulfilled the required criteria to enjoy Scheduled Tribe status.
The organisations said their meeting with Chandramouli had made it clear that it is the Assam government which has allegedly deprived the communities of their Scheduled Tribe status.
The organisations said they also met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, tribal affairs minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo, DoNER minister Paban Singh Ghatowar and leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, and submitted memoranda to them on the issue in December.
SMYCS president Bis-weswar Saikia, AKRSU adviser Atul Ray, AAMSU president Tutukanta Moran and CYSA secretary Nripen Kha-nikar were present with Rajkonwar. The leaders said they had met chief minister Tarun Gogoi twice before they met Sonia. “Gogoi assured us that steps would be taken to take things forward. Now he has turned a blind eye to the issue citing panchayat elections,” he said.
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