Overview
- Reports described a very large turnout, with estimates ranging from over one lakh to more than two lakh participants.
- The demonstration brought together ATTSA, AASAA, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha, and women’s associations in a coordinated push.
- Protesters pressed for Scheduled Tribe recognition, land titles for landless tea workers, and higher daily wages for tea-garden labourers.
- Police tightened security and senior officers inspected the Dhekiajuli tea estate playground before the event.
- The procession moved from Dhekiajuli town to a mass meeting at the tea estate ground, concluded peacefully, and leaders vowed to continue the agitation.