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Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue
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- Renaming of territory: The Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) will be renamed as Bodoland Territorial Region. (BTR)
- Modalities of the agreement
(1) As per the agreement, villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded.
(2) Bodos living in the hills would be conferred a Scheduled Hill Tribe status.
(3) Around 1500 cadres of NDFB(P), NDFB(RD) and NDFB(S) will be rehabilitated by Centre and Assam Government. They will be assimilated in the mainstream and will surrender on January 30.
(4) Criminal cases registered against members of the NDFB factions for “non-heinous” crimes shall be withdrawn by the Assam government and in cases of heinous crimes it will be reviewed.
(5) Bodo with Devnagri script would be the associate official language for the entire Assam.
- First Bodo accord: The first Bodo accord was signed with the ABSU in 1993, leading to the creation of a Bodoland Autonomous Council with limited political powers.
- What is the Bodoland issue?
(1) 1966-67: Demand for a separate state called Bodoland was raised under the banner of the Plains Tribals Council of Assam (PTCA), a political outfit.
(2) 1987: All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) renewed the demand.
(3) “Divide Assam fifty-fifty”, was a call given by the ABSU’s then leader, Upendra Nath Brahma.
(4) The unrest was a fallout of the Assam Movement (1979-85), whose culmination — the Assam Accord — addressed the demands of protection and safeguards for the “Assamese people”.
(5) The Assam Accord thus lead the Bodos to launch a movement to protect their own identity.
Source
The Hindu