HT Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 3: The winter session of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Legislative Assembly concluded on Wednesday with the House approving a ₹250-crore supplementary demand, signalling the Hagrama Mohilary-led administration’s bid to consolidate financial and administrative control ahead of key political developments.
The Chief Executive Member tabled the supplementary demand, along with ₹13.95 crore from the council’s own resources, on the first day of the session.
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The department-wise allocation was passed without debate, with Mohilary asserting that the council expected higher SOPD allocations than what the previous Pramod Boro-led government received.
He stated that while some projects initiated by the former council under SOPD would be executed, others may be scrapped based on viability.
Speaking to the media, Education EM Rabiram Narzary outlined a restructuring of BTC’s school system based on teacher–student ratios in line with state norms.
He said schools with excess teachers would be rationalised and personnel shifted to understaffed institutions.
Narzary added that several schools and colleges in BTC remain outside the provincialised fold, prompting the council to draft a new act for provincialisation and consider a separate bill for BTC institutions.
He said discussions on mitigating financial burden would be held with the state government, ABSU, teachers’ bodies and the BSS.
On school amalgamation, Narzary said the process was under way, with 984 LP and UP posts already cleared by the Assam government under SIO.
For 982 HS and 901 graduate teacher vacancies, he said appointments would be merit-based.
Political tensions around the proposed inclusion of six communities in the Scheduled Tribe list also surfaced.
UPPL MCLA Kampa Borgoyari noted widespread student agitations, warning that the move could undermine the rights of existing tribal groups.
He said political parties in BTC had not strongly opposed the state government’s initiative but anxiety persisted among tribal students over potential dilution of reservations and protections.
Borgoyari said the “tribals have rejected the GoM report,” stressing that Assam’s tribal stakeholders must be consulted to ensure that existing quotas in education, employment, politics and socio-economic spheres remain intact.
He dismissed allegations of political instigation behind the protests, describing the Kokrajhar incident as an outburst of “emotion and sentiment” among students.
