HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Jan 15: The Middle Assam Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union (MAKRSU) on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clearly spell out the Centre’s stand on granting tribal status to six communities in Assam.
Addressing a press conference here, MAKRSU president Paresh Chandra Deka and general secretary Ratul Kumar Rajbongshi recalled that the Prime Minister had assured tribal status to the communities during the 2014 general elections.
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They said although a bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2019, no tangible progress has been made since then.
Questioning the government’s intent, the student leaders pointed out that more than a hundred communities across the country have been granted tribal status during the current government’s tenure.
They demanded that the Prime Minister clarify his position on the long-pending issue during his forthcoming visit to Assam.
The MAKRSU leaders also voiced dissatisfaction over the alleged failure to implement key provisions of the Assam Accord, particularly Clause 6, which aims to protect the rights and interests of the Assamese people.
Warning of intensified agitation, they said the community would boycott the 2026 Assam Assembly elections and mobilise public opinion against the BJP if tribal status is not granted to the six communities.
