Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland
(NDFB-RD)
‘publicity secretary’,
B. Naijab, on June
25 said that there
was no alternative
but to form a separate
Bodoland, reports
The Telegraph.
Owing to the State
Government’s [Assam] failure to protect the entire indigenous belts and blocks from the illegal
possession of the
non-indigenous,
this has forced
the Bodos and other
tribals to take
up arms to regain
their ancestral
land, said B. Naijab.
Naijab expressing
his displeasure
over the role of
the State and the
Central Government
said that even after
they declared [NDFB-RD]
the ceasefire there
was no positive
move from both the
Governments.
Meanwhile, Adivasi Cobra Militants of Assam (ACMA) one of the
five Adivasi militant
groups [ACMA, Birsa
Commando Force (BCF), Santhal Tiger Force (STF), Adivasi People's Army
(APA) and All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA)]
that surrendered
its arms on January
24, 2012 is not
happy with the Government’s
response to the
peace overturns
made by the outfit,
reports Times
of India on
June 25."The
government has been
cheating us. We
have been pressing
for the peace talks
and a fruitful result
but if the delay
continues then it
will be difficult
to keep all our
boys from joining
an arms revolution
again," said
an unnamed ACMA
group leader.
In addition, All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA)
staged demonstration
across the State
in different district
headquarters expressing
resentment over
the inordinate delay
in granting Scheduled
Tribes (ST) status
to the Adivasis,
reports Assam
Tribune. “We
believe in democratic
principles but this
does not imply that
we should wait for
years,” AASAA ‘president’
Raphale Kujur warned.
Elsewhere, Police are yet to find the 18 labourers abducted
by Karbi People’s
Liberation Tigers
(KPLT) from Lunglit
mini hydel-project
site in Karbi Anglong
District, reports
The Telegraph. |
