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Mrunal [Polity] Assam Riots and Bodo Accord : History, Reasons, Problems, Solutions - Mrunal
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[Polity] Assam Riots and Bodo Accord : History, Reasons, Problems, Solutions
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Kokrajhar,
Baksa,
Chirang and
Udalguri. (Total 35% area of Assam.)
Timeline of Events
1960s
Bodos started demanding autonomy, varying from separate statehood to outright sovereign status.
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1980s
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2003
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Why resentment?
Bodos
The Bodos, constitute the largest tribal community out of a total of 34 tribal communities in Assam.
They feel they have been neglected, exploited and discriminated against for decades, look at this
accord as a historic opportunity to fulfil their longstanding demands
But due to the changing demographics of the BTAD and the consequent land alienation, they fear
they may become a minority in their own state and in hitherto Bodo-dominated areas.
Non Bodos
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Muslims
They resents the fact that Bodos constitute a meagre 25 per cent of the total population in the BTC
area and believe that Bodos should not be given the right to rule over the other three-fourths.
number of villages with minority Bodo population were included in the BTAD to make it a
contiguous area.
The non-Bodos want such villages to be taken out of BTAD so that they do not feel insecure where
they are clearly in the majority.
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