Sarbananda Sonowal Welcomes Union Cabinet Decisions

Sarbananda Sonowal Welcomes Union Cabinet Decisions

GUWAHATI: The decisions taken today by Central Government cabinet are historic steps to safeguard and protect the interest and cultural and linguistic identity of the indigenous people of Assam. Welcoming the decisions of the union cabinet, the chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said through a statement that this is a New Year’s gift to the people of the state from the central government. The decisions taken by the union cabinet would go a long way in securing the future of all indigenous communities of the state, he said.

The chief minister said that the union cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured the interest of indigenous people by resolving the matter which remained undecided for 35 years due to lack of political will. The decision taken by the union cabinet to set up a high-level committee to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord would pave way for reserving seats for indigenous people in Assam Legislative Assembly, local bodies and Assam Government jobs, he said.

Moreover, empowering the state government to implement local land policies and land laws, conduct research in customs and rituals, traditions, cultures and languages of the indigenous communities would safeguard the rights of local people over the land and resources of the state. Along with Assamese, decisions taken to preserve languages, cultures and traditional heritage of other local communities would go a long way to implement the Assam Accord in letter and spirit, Sonowal said.

Saying that the decision taken today by the union cabinet for more effective implementation of the Bodo Accord signed in 2003 would positively impact the socio-economic development of BTAD and protection of language and culture of the Bodos, the chief minister stated that decisions such as opening of a superfast train service named “Aronai Express”, setting up of Bodo Museum-cum-language and cultural study centre, modernisation of existing All India Radio station and Doordarshan Kendra at Kokrajhar would speed up the equal development measures of BTAD areas, a press release said.

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