HT Correspondent
MORIGAON, June 5: Tiwa Yuba Chatra Parishad (TYCP), All Tiwa Students’ Union (ATSU) and All Tiwa Protection Committee (ATPC) have threatened to launch a series of democratic agitation as the state government has overlooked the democratic rights of Tiwa people.
In a statement, Krishna Konwar, president, TYCP, Cheniram Malang, president, ATSU and Kartik Deuri, president, ATPC have reacted sharply to the negligence in sending the sub-committee’s proposal of autonomous status under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
The leaders of the organisations also said, “Though the state government had constituted the sub-committee in view of providing autonomous status under Sixth Schedule to the communities such as Tiwa, Rabha and Mising, the state government have not submitted the proposal of the sub-committee to the central government till date. The organisations have now decided to launch a series of democratic agitation in the district, a torchlight rally will be taken out across the town on June 8, a protest rally will be held on June 19, national highways will be blocked on July 10, train track block programme on July 20 and a 12 hours Assam bandh is called by the organisations.
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