assam riots and bodo accord
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[Polity] Assam Riots and Bodo Accord : History, Reasons, Problems, Solutions
1. What is Bodoland Territorial Council ?
2. Timeline of Events
3. How did the Kokrahar riots start?
!. Wh" situation out of control?
#. Wh" resentment in the communities?
$. What%s the &ro'lem in Bodo (ccord?
). What is the solution?
What is Bodoland Territorial Council ?
• 2003: Bodo militants lay down the arms and want to oin mainstream! "hey si#n a#reement with $o%ernment, &nown as 'Bodo
Accord(!
• A Bodoland Territorial Council *BTC+ was established under this Bodo Accord!
• And Bodoland Territorial (reas ,istrict *BT(,+ was created under the si-th schedule of the Constitution o) *ndia, as +art o)
this accord to loo& a)ter the Administrati%e and e%elo+ment needs o) these Bodo dominated areas!
• Bodoland "erritorial Areas istrict -B"A. co%ers / districts o) Assam:
! 1o&rahar,
2! Ba&sa,
3! hiran# and
/! dal#uri! *Total 3# area of (ssam.+
Timeline of Events
1960s • Bodos started demanding autonomy, varying from separate statehood to outright
sovereign status.
1980s
and 90s
• militant Bodo movement peaked during this period
• largescale killings and human displacement.
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Bodos
• he Bodos, constitute the largest tri%al community out of a total of 3- tri%al
communities in $ssam.
• hey feel they have %een neglected, eploited and discriminated against for
decades, look at this accord as a historic opportunity to fulfil their longstandingdemands
• But due to the changing demographics of the B$ and the conse/uent land
alienation, they fear they may %ecome a minority in their o&n state and in hitherto
Bododominated areas.
on Bodos
and 'uslims
• hey resents the fact that Bodos constitute a meagre 2 per cent of the total
population in the B! area and %elieve that Bodos should not %e given the rightto rule over the other threefourths.
• num%er of villages &ith minority Bodo population &ere included in the B$
to make it a contiguous area.
• he nonBodos &ant such villages to %e taken out of B$ so that they do not
feel insecure &here they are clearly in the maority.
What%s the &ro'lem in Bodo (ccord?
• "he Bodo Accord, see&s to +rotect the land ri#hts o) the indi#enous Bodos while allowin# settler uslims -both le#al and ille#al. to
)reely ac=uire land at the same time!
• "he Ban#ladeshi mi#rants easily snea& in the area, ille#ally +rocure rele%ant documents li&e ration cards to establish *ndian
nationality!
• "a&in# ad%anta#e o) the +ro%isions in the B" Act, such mi#rants are )reely +rocurin# land in the B"A, which only adds to the
woes o) indi#enous Bodos!
• Both sides are demandin# the re%iew @ re%ocation o) B" act because on one hand, Bodos )eel their ri#hts are not +rotected and
on the other hand, 4on6bodos )eel that Bodos are #ettin# way too many bene)its!
What is the solution?
lashes between Bodos and 4on6Bodos are nothin# new in the 1o&rahar area!
arlier 3, /, 9 and as recently as 200C, there ha%e been lar#e scale clashes!
ach o) them, because o) )ollowin# three reasons:
! Po+ulation +ressures
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2! land ri#hts
3! ille#al mi#ration and occu+ation
• nless and until $o%ernments -both union and state., ta&e +roacti%e actions on those three +roblems, such incidents mi#ht &ee+
recurrin#!
• Some measures: 4ational Po+ulation Re#ister, Adhar @ similar biometric cards!