Naba Kumar Sarania tonsures head to protest 'downgrading' of Assamese language
A Correspondent
BAKSA: Ahead of the BTC polls, Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania tonsured his head in a public election meeting held at Manasha Chowk under No. 24 Mushalpur BTC constituency in the district of Baksa on Friday to protest the 'downgrading' of the Assamese language in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) by the ruling dispensation.
"The Bodo language has been considered as the main official language in BTC. However, 80 per cent of the people residing in the BTC use Assamese language as the main language in various places. It is an academic language for the people. But due to politics, the BJP-led government has compromised the Assamese language in the BTC," Sarania said. The Kokrajhar MP, who is the president of the GanaSuraksha Party (GSP), that self-avowedly fights for the rights of the non-Bodo populace of the BTADAhead of the BTC polls, Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania tonsured his head in a public election meeting held at Manasha Chowk under No. 24 Mushalpur BTC constituency in the district of Baksa on Friday to protest the 'downgrading' of the Assamese language in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) by the ruling dispensation.Ahead of the BTC polls, Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania tonsured his head in a public election meeting held at Manasha Chowk under No. 24 Mushalpur BTC constituency in the district of Baksa on Friday to protest the 'downgrading' of the Assamese language in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) by the ruling dispensation. slammed the State Government for considering the Assamese language as an associate official language in the BTAD.
The Assam Government in October decided to bring in an ordinance to grant official status to the Bodo language. The Assam cabinet also approved an ordinance to create a Bodo Kachari Autonomous Welfare Council outside the Sixth Schedule areas for the Bodo community. These moves are seen as an attempt by the State Government to appease the Bodos, while gradually fulfilling the promises made by the Modi government during the signing of the third Bodo accord on January 27, 2020.