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Our members were also manhandled by other youth organisations who are in favour of granting ST status to the six communities. When all these communities will be granted ST status, they will be by default eligible for competition in government jobs and others reserved for the existing tribal people, leading to more complications.” GUWAHATI: The 12-hour dawn-to-dusk statewide bandh on Friday called by the Coordination Committee of the Tribal Organisations of Assam (CCTOA), a conglomeration of several tribal organisations of the state, received a mixed response across the state. Traffic on NH 35 at Dobaka in Hojai district was also affected due to the bandh. The CCTOA feared that granting ST status to these six communities would severely impact the development and socio-political reservations held by the existing tribal communities.Khakhlari added, “The bill will eliminate the rights of the existing tribal people and push them to corners..