The Truth with reference to Six Communities ST Bill 2019 :No ST Bill For Six Tribe
Date 9th Jan 2019
The ST Bill of the six communities (Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Tea Tribes, Moran and Matak) was not presented in the Business Hour as a Bill on 8th January 2018. Trusting words of Politician or their promise is a debatable topic in India. They never walk their talk.
There was no Bill for six community in the Lok Sabha on 8 Jan 2019. To view the document you may go through the Lok Sabha website https://loksabha.nic.in/Index.aspx (or) Click
Supplementary List of Business http://164.100.47.193/lob/16/XVI/SLOB8.1.2019.pdf
List of Business http://164.100.47.193/lob/16/XVI/LOB8.1.2019.pdf
Revised List of Business http://164.100.47.193/lob/16/XVI/RLOB8.1.2019.pdf
Bulletin Part – I http://164.100.47.193/bull1/16/XVI/8.01.2019.pdf
Bulletin Part – II http://164.100.47.193/bull2/2019/08.01.2019.pdf
List of Questions for Oral Answers http://164.100.47.193/questionslist/Myfolder/08012019.pdf
Until and unless the ST Bill of the six communities of Assam is presented as a Bill in the Business Hour, we cannot rely on the promises of any politician or any community members.
Many of the community members of (Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Tea Tribes, Moran and Matak) expressed that they had tasted the water many times, and they will not trust any political party, until and unless they see the positive output before the 2019 election.
The leaders and members of the Koch Rajbongshi (Koch) Tribe of Assam had expressed that they had been constitutionally demanding their constitutional rights of Tribal Hood from the government of India since 1968, through various memorandum, and it’s quite common for them to see such kind of news before election ever time and this time it would be difficult for the ruling party to play any kind of tricky game of words to fulfill their long-standing demands, unless the member of the parliament pass the ST Bill for them in the Business Hour of the Parliament to confirm ST Hood to the Koch Rajbongshi (Koch) Tribe of Assam, no one is going to trust any political group or policymakers.
A group of youth from the Koch Rajbongshi (Koch) Tribe of Assam had expressed that since 1968 they had been demanding recognition of the Kamatapuri Language as an official Language of Assam under Assam Official Language Act, as they almost consists of around 23% of the population of Assam; however in West Bengal Kamatapuri Language is been accepted as official Language in the year 2016, but in Assam, even after the Assam Accord of 1985, Kamatapuri Language and Koch Language did not get any recognization as an official Language of Assam under Assam Language Act. The scholar of Koch Rajbongshi expressed that the modern Assamese language and Bengali Language had evolved from the Old Kamatapuri Language which was the official Language during King Naranarayan and Chilaray. Koch Rajbongshi (Koch) Tribe is multilingual, they speak Koch Language, Kamatapuri Language, Assamese and Bengali Language, Hindi and English Language too if it is needed. They agree that Koch Language is their original Mother Tongue and it needs official recognition in the state of Assam and recognition in the 8th schedule under the constitution of India. There are no measures taken even after the Assam Accord to preserve the Koch Language and Kamatapuri Language of Assam, which is one of the Oldest Language of the Kamarupa, Pragjyotishpur, Kamatapur, Koch Dynasty, and Cooch Behar Princely State. They sincerely expressed that it is an urgent need to preserve the Koch Language as well as Kamatapuri Language otherwise; such a beautiful language will be lost in the time.
They also requested our media team if we can bring awareness among research scholar with reference to research for Kamatapuri and Koch Language.
Youth from the Koch Rajbongshi (Koch) tribe expressed the need for the documentation of their tribal classical music and tribal dance, Some of the Koch Rajbongshi youth mentioned that even after Assam Accord nothing is being actually done for Kamatapuri Language, Koch Language, or with reference to the preservation of Koch Rajbongshi culture and tradition.
As expressed by various Leaders of the Koch Rajbongshi tribe, they are very positive to support, provided the policy makers fulfill their constitutional rights in due time, Koch Rajbongshi leaders expressed that the political group will get support from the community provided the ST Bill of the Koch Rajbongshi is passed in the Business Hour of the Parliament.
The Six communities make almost 51% population of Assam, and if BJP really gives ST to this six community there is a very high probability that they may actually win the upcoming election. However, if their promise turns out to be a lie, definitely BJP may not able to win the election anymore. Assam needs to be protected under the 6th schedule of the constitution and transforming the entire area as Tribal-State is apt.
Hope their promise should not be another Election “Jhumla”; and on the basis of the past records, we really cannot trust any politicians.
The JPC 2006 report already recommended to add the six communities of Assam in the year 2006, the JPC recommended to add, an additional 11% for ST along with the present 15% reservation, there is already 39% reservation for various categories for the state of Assam, thereby 11% reservation room is available. Everyone is astonished why so much time is invested in the name of Modality Study by BJP and its Alliance, as the modality is already recommended in the JPC report of 2006. What is the new amendment added in the present modality study done by BJP is still not clear and the public want to know.
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Surjit 