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Members of the United People s Party Liberal celebrate after the Bodoland elections. | PTI
After 17 years, Hagrama Mohilary will no longer be chief of the Bodoland Territorial Council. The autonomous council was created in 2003 after a peace accord between the government and a section of the Bodo groups fighting for a separate state. Mohilary, then the leader of the armed group, the Bodo Liberation Tigers, was the face of the accord. Since then, Mohilary and his Bodoland People’s Front, the party that grew out of the armed group, have kept a firm grip on the four districts of Assam covered by the territorial council.
Highlights
Assam cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to close down all government-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols in state.
A bill in this regard will be tabled during the upcoming winter session of the state Assembly.
The winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly is scheduled to start from December 28.
In a significant development, the Assam cabinet on Sunday (December 13) approved a proposal to close down all government-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols (schools) in the state.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said that a bill in this regard will be tabled by BJP-led government in the state during the upcoming winter session of the state Assembly.
The BTC outcome
The BTC outcome
Election to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) has ended peacefully, with people from all walks of life participating without fear for the first time ever.
| 14 Dec 2020 6:33 AM GMT
Election to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) has ended peacefully, with people from all walks of life participating without fear for the first time ever. The election this time in fact turned out to be a sort of festival with parties, candidates and supporters engaging in music, songs and dance while carrying out their respective campaign. The result of the election which came out after counting of the ballot papers late Saturday evening on the other hand has once again established the supremacy and glory of democracy in India. There was hardly any disturbance anywhere, and not even any major complaint from any quarter. And, the best part of it is the fact that all the contending parties and candidates have happily accepted the verdict of the people. It