Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council members meet PM, reiterates separate State demand

A Correspondent

New Delhi: Reiterating their demand for an autonomous hill State, a delegation from Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and pressed for their demand. “We have raised our demand for an autonomous State within Assam. Creation of such State is possible Under Article 244A of the Constitution,” said Tuliram Ronghang, chief executive member of the KAAC.

“We are not demanding a separation from Assam, but we want our own State within Assam,” said Ronghang. The delegation from Karbi Anglong was also accompanied by Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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