ARSU demands inclusion of RHAC in Sixth Schedule in Boko

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BOKO: In his opening remarks to the crowd gathered to demand the inclusion of the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, Pradip Rabha, general secretary of the All Rabha Students’ Union (ARSU), said, “If the BJP-led government will not respond to our demands, we are ready to intensify our protest.”

Presiding over the meeting, Pradip Rabha said, “The Rabha accord was signed in 1995 and it completed almost 27 years, but still the governments have failed to include RHAC in the Sixth Schedule.”

More than 10,000 people from the Kamrup district took part in the mass gathering which was held in the Suwaori Field in Boko. The meeting was organised by the ARSU, Sixth Schedule Demand Committee (SSDC) and All Rabha Women Council (ARWC). Nripen Khanda, President of ARSU, Tankeswar Rabha Chief Executive Member of RHAC, Aditya Khakhlary, General Secretary of Coordination Committee of Tribal Organization of Assam (CCTOA) and many other leaders and executive members took part in the mass gathering.

“BJP has betrayed us. Rabha and other communities living in the RHAC area are not given Sixth Schedule status. So we are ready to take revenge in the upcoming elections,” ARSU president Khanda said.