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Hundreds of people of the Chutia community marched through the streets of Jorhat to demand ST status for the community in Assam. The Chutia community has been seeking ST status for a long time to avail the benefits and opportunities reserved for tribal communities in India. They are currently classified as Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state.
The All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (Atasu) organised a motorcycle rally at Sonari in Charaideo district to protest against the delay in conferring Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Ahom community.
Members of the Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad in Dibrugarh, Assam, protested the delay in granting ST status to the Tai Ahom community. They burned the effigy of Union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda and threatened to boycott the BJP in the upcoming LS elections if their demands are not met.
The second phase of Gunotsav successfully completed on Friday. It was held from January 9 to 12 in 13 districts
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government is linking up most of its beneficiary schemes with the Population and Women Empowerment Policy.