Send modalities to grant ST status, Rajnath Singh tells Assam

  • | Sunday | 13th January, 2019

GUWAHATI: Union home minister Rajnath Singh has asked the Assam government to send the modalities for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities of Assam to the Centre without harming the rights of the tribes that are currently enjoying the status in the state.Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who met Singh in New Delhi on Saturday, said, “The home minister clearly stated that the Government of India has decided to grant ST status to six communities of Assam and in the backdrop of this decision, work will proceed further. But while doing so, he (Rajnath Singh) has assured that measures will be taken up accordingly so that the decision doesn’t harm the communities which are already enjoying the status in Assam,” said Sarma.The senior BJP minister said in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019, inclusion of the names of the six communities — Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Matak, Moran and tea tribes — for granting ST status has figured. But while doing so, he (Singh) has assured that measures will be taken accordingly so that the decision doesn’t harm the communities already enjoying the ST status in Assam.” Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) chief Hagrama Mohilary and Bodoland People’s Front MP Biswajit Daimary also met the home minister and urged the latter to ensure that the rights of the Bodos living in the BTC area don’t get harmed as and when the six communities of the state get ST status.“The home minister clearly stated that the government of India has decided to grant ST status to six communities of Assam and in the backdrop of this decision, work will proceed further. He, however, added that the percentage of reservation to be earmarked for the six communities after getting ST status, quota of existing ST community in BTC in future, steps for amending the laws in tribal councils of the state and other requisite measures to be taken on the part of the Assam government have to be completed early so that the bill can get ascent in both houses of Parliament soon.BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary, after meeting the home minister, said a cabinet sub-committee will be constituted in Assam soon to resolve issues of conflicting interests between tribal communities already enjoying ST status and those to be brought under the ST fold.The Coordination Committee of Tribal Organizations of Assam (CCTOA) on Friday called a statewide bandh to protest against the bill brought by the Centre to grant ST status to the six communities of the state.

GUWAHATI: Union home minister Rajnath Singh has asked the Assam government to send the modalities for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities of Assam to the Centre without harming the rights of the tribes that are currently enjoying the status in the state.Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who met Singh in New Delhi on Saturday, said, “The home minister clearly stated that the Government of India has decided to grant ST status to six communities of Assam and in the backdrop of this decision, work will proceed further. But while doing so, he (Singh) has assured that measures will be taken accordingly so that the decision doesn’t harm the communities already enjoying the ST status in Assam.” Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) chief Hagrama Mohilary and Bodoland People’s Front MP Biswajit Daimary also met the home minister and urged the latter to ensure that the rights of the Bodos living in the BTC area don’t get harmed as and when the six communities of the state get ST status.“The home minister clearly stated that the government of India has decided to grant ST status to six communities of Assam and in the backdrop of this decision, work will proceed further. But while doing so, he (Rajnath Singh) has assured that measures will be taken up accordingly so that the decision doesn’t harm the communities which are already enjoying the status in Assam,” said Sarma.The senior BJP minister said in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019, inclusion of the names of the six communities — Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Matak, Moran and tea tribes — for granting ST status has figured. He, however, added that the percentage of reservation to be earmarked for the six communities after getting ST status, quota of existing ST community in BTC in future, steps for amending the laws in tribal councils of the state and other requisite measures to be taken on the part of the Assam government have to be completed early so that the bill can get ascent in both houses of Parliament soon.BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary, after meeting the home minister, said a cabinet sub-committee will be constituted in Assam soon to resolve issues of conflicting interests between tribal communities already enjoying ST status and those to be brought under the ST fold.The Coordination Committee of Tribal Organizations of Assam (CCTOA) on Friday called a statewide bandh to protest against the bill brought by the Centre to grant ST status to the six communities of the state.

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