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[Polity] Assam Riots and Bodo Accord : History, Reasons, Problems, Solutions
1. What is Bodoland Territorial Council ? 2. Timeline of Events 3. How did the Kokrajhar riots start? 4. Delay in Army Deployment: Bureaucratic Red Tape at its worst 5. Why resentment in the communities? 6. What is the solution?
Timeline of Events
1960s Bodos started demanding autonomy, varying from separate statehood to outright sovereign status.
militant Bodo movement peaked during this period largescale killings and human displacement.
2003
the signing of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) Accord between Militant Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) led by leadership of Hagrama Mohilary on one side . And Centre and the state government on the other side. Under this accord, Bodo Liberation Tigers surrerended their weapons, and Hagrama was made the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Bodo Territorial council. (BTC)
during the week-long mayhem. Now, the Home Ministry has asked the Defence Ministry to amend its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) so that the army can be deployed the moment such a request comes from the civil administration.
Why resentment?
Bodos The Bodos, constitute the largest tribal community out of a total of 34 tribal communities in Assam. They feel they have been neglected, exploited and discriminated against for decades, look at this accord as a historic opportunity to fulfil their longstanding demands But due to the changing demographics of the BTAD and the consequent land alienation, they fear they may become a minority in their own state and in hitherto Bodo-dominated areas.
They resents the fact that Bodos constitute a meagre 25 per cent of the total population in the BTC area and believe that Bodos should not be given the right to rule over the other three-fourths. number of villages with minority Bodo population were included in the BTAD to make it a contiguous area. The non-Bodos want such villages to be taken out of BTAD so that they do not feel insecure where they are clearly in the majority.
Clashes between Bodos and Non-Bodos are nothing new in the Kokrajhar area. Earlier 1993, 1994, 1996 and as recently as 2008, there have been large scale clashes. Each of them, because of following three reasons: 1. Population pressures 2. land rights 3. illegal migration and occupation Unless and until Governments (both union and state), take proactive actions on those three problems, such incidents might keep recurring. Some measures: National Population Register, Adhar / similar biometric cards. My articles on [Polity] are archived at mrunal.org/polity August 5th, 2012 | Category: polity