First Meeting On Constitutional Safeguards For Assam held at New Delhi

Guwahati, July 24, 2019:

The first meeting on Constitutional safeguards for Assam was scheduled to be held today in New Delhi.

The committee comprised of Justice (Retd.) Biplab Kumar Sarma, Former Judge of Gauhati High Court as Chairman, Niloy Dutta, Advocate General, Arunachal Pradesh as Member, Ramesh Borpatragohain, Advocate General, Assam as Member, Subhash Da, IAS,(Retd.) as Member, Pallav Bhattacharya, IPS (Retd.) as Member, Dr. Srishtidhar Dutta, Professor (Retd.) as Member, Sumanta Chaliha, Author & Columnist as Member, Wasbir Hussain, Senior Journalist as Member, Dr. Samujjal Bhattacharya, Chief Adviser, All Assam Student Union (AASU) as Member, Dr. Jaikanta Sharma, Professor & Columnist as Member, Dipanka Kumar Nath, President, All Assam Student Union (AASU) as Member, Lurinjyoti Gogoi, General Secretary, All Assam Student Union (AASU) as ember and Joint Secretary, North East, MHA – Member Secretary

The main aim of this committee is to provide safeguard to the indigenous people of Assam. The panel will examine the effectiveness of actions taken since 1985 to implement the clause and to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in Assam's legislative assembly and local bodies for the indigenous people.

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The Committee constituted for the implementation of the accord will suggest the appropriate level of reservations in employment under the Assam government for the Assamese people and other measures necessary to protect, preserve and promote cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.

Clause 6 of the accord provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people. The Assam Accord was signed between the Union government headed by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandh and the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP) to end the six-year-long anti-foreigner movement in Assam.

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