13
Feb
Around 500 supporters of All Adivasi Students Association of Assam (AASAA), Karbi Anglong District Committee (KADC) today organised a mass rally in Bokajan demanding ‘Schedule Tribe’ (ST) status for the Adivasi people of Assam and ST(H) status for those residing in the sixth schedule areas as of KarbiAnglong, Dima Hasao and others. The protesters also demanded for an Adivasi satellite council in Assam and repatriated the demand for increasing the daily wage of tea garden workers to Rs 351/day. Later, the demonstrators accumulated in front of SDO(C) office in Bokajan and submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister highlighting the…
