Overview
- Leaders from the ten Sixth Schedule autonomous councils and allied Bodo organisations held a sit-in at Jantar Mantar on November 21 led by the All Bodo Students’ Union.
- Protesters urged passage of the long-pending Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill of 2019 and revisions to Article 280 and the Sixth Schedule to secure greater funds and powers for councils.
- ABSU president Dipen Boro called for time-bound implementation of key clauses of the 2020 Bodo Peace Accord and sought immediate tripartite talks with the Centre and Assam government.
- Organisers warned they would escalate agitation if the government does not move the amendment bill in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.
- The 2019 bill was sent to a parliamentary committee that reported in 2020 and flagged concerns over direct central funding, while multiple review meetings and Tripura’s 2019 proposal remain pending with the Centre.