Summary:
A six-year-long agitation demanding identification and deportation of illegal immigrants was launched by the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) in 1979. It will also suggest measures to be taken to protect Assamese and other indigenous languages of Assam. The committee will assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam legislative assembly and local bodies for Assamese people. A Union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently approved the setting up of the panel. The decision to grant ST status to six communities of Assam is another move in that direction which will permanently secure the interests of the indigenous people,” added Dutta..