Sub-committee set up to prepare framework for implementing all clauses of Assam Accord

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The Assam government has constituted a sub-committee to examine and prepare a framework for the implementation of all clauses of the Assam Accord. The committee will present its report within three months. The eight-member panel will examine Clause 6, Clause 7, Clause 9 and Clause 10 of the high-level committee recommendations, along with updation of … Read more

Yet to examine clause 6 panel’s report: Assam government in Assembly

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Guwahati: Assam government informed the assembly on Tuesday that it was yet to examine the Clause 6 panel’s report, which was submitted to the state government in February this year. The Assam Accord’s Clause 6 provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people. … Read more

How a new political party to be formed by AASU can change Assam’s political dynamics

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In December 1985, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta moved his belongings from a hostel room in Gauhati University to the chief minister’s bungalow. So did most of his cabinet colleagues. They were all office-bearers of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) spearheading an anti-foreigners movement (1979-85) before forming a new political entity and wresting Assam’s political power … Read more