Assam’s Koch Rajbanshi Council expressed outrage at the demand for tribalization in Boko. Prepared various strategies for organizing protests against the government. In the Central Committee’s meeting, they have taken up serious issues in Boko. Addressing the media they said “Today Koch Rajbanshis are deprived and humiliated due to the extreme negligence of the BJP-led governments at the center and in the state.”
On the other hand, Strategies are being developed to prepare a protest program against the government’s two-pronged policies and against the government for deceiving and depriving all of Koch Rajbongshi.
Central President of Assam Koch Rajbongshi Committee Pranab Narayan Deb and Guwahati District Committee General Secretary of All Assam Koch Rajbongshi Sammelan Deepak Kumar Roye District Committee Executive President Pabitra Kumar Das were present at the meeting.
Meanwhile, the meeting was held at Chilaraya Bhawan in Boko in the presence of a large number of officials, including the Committee’s Vice President, Khagendrajit Thakuria, and central office bearers from the Youth Students’ Conference and Women’s Conference.
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It was decided at the meeting to build an intense democratic movement against the government by mobilizing the Koch Rajbongshi community in support of granting tribal status to the Koch Rajbangshis. To manage the affairs of the Koch Rajbongshi National Organization in Kamrup Metro or Goalpara district, a community protection committee was formed.
On the other hand, six Assamese communities have threatened to stage a coordinated protest over the “inordinate delay” in granting them Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
These are the Adivasi (also known as “tea tribes”), Chutia, Koch-Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran, and Tai-Ahom communities.
“It is unfortunate that the Narendra Modi government has not granted ST status to the six communities in Assam, while 12 communities have been brought into the ST fold in five other States in the country,” the All Assam Chutia Students’ Union said in a statement, outlining a series of protests that started on September 21 to press for its demand.
A Koch-Rajbongshi community umbrella organization has also been formed. The grants of ST status to the six communities was one of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign promises ahead of the 2016 Assembly election. Together, these communities account for more than 30% of Assam’s electorate.
