Assam: KLO chief Jeevan Singh accuses Center of cheating Kamtapur people

In a significant development, Jeevan Singh, Chairman of the Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), has accused the Government of India of cheating the people of Kamtapur and asked them to take away their rights.

''The Government of India has cheated and humiliated the people of Kamtapur. I urge the people of Kamtapur to protest against this injustice and take away their rights,'' Singh said in a video message to the media, addressing various issues concerning the Kamtapur region and its people.

In his video message, he called the Government of India a fraud and alleged that the government had failed to fulfill its promises to the Kamtapuri people, leading to growing disillusionment and dissatisfaction within the region.

Singh also expressed his displeasure over the lack of recognition for the Kamtapuri language and emphasized the need for the preservation and promotion of the language, which he described as an integral part of the Kamtapuri identity.

''On August 28, 1949, the historic Merger Agreement was signed between the state of India and the independent Greater Behar State. According to the agreement, Greater Behar-Kamtapur was included in the "C" category of the Constitution. But to date, the Government of India has not given that recognition. To date, according to the Merge Agreement, there has been no socio-economic development in the socio-economic aspects of the people of Kamtapur,'' he added. 

He further said that the mother tongue of the people of Kamtapur has not been recognized to date, adding, ''In independent India, if Punjabis and Gujaratis have got their identity, the people of Kamtapur have not yet got that recognition''.