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Representatives of Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sammelon also met Gogoi and categorically informed him that Bengalis living in Assam are indigenous people and should be included as indigenous group,” he added. Bhattacharjee said his organization doesn’t support the bill in its present form. Then assembly speaker Pranab Gogoi had invited different organizations to identify and define indigenous people of the state. “During our representation before the joint parliamentary committee, we clearly said we can support the bill only if it is amended by removing religious biasness,” he added. “In 2015, the state government had taken an initiative to officially identify the indigenous people..