Bodoland

TT, Kokrajhar, July 27: The People’s Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement today warned the Centre against sidelining the issue of creation of Bodoland state. 

Jebra Ram Muchahary, the chief convener of the Movement, said, “If the government of India tries to fool us, we will not sit idle.” 

The smaller state demand groups got a new momentum as organisations demanding Bodoland, Telengana, Tipraland, Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Gorkhaland, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh and Poorbanchal, assembled in New Delhi yesterday and resolved to launch a joint mass movement. to put pressure on the government to create more states in India, for all-round and viable development. 

We are closely watching and monitoring the present move of the Congress lead UPA-II Government in the Centre on Governments final call early next week on the demand to create a separate state of Telangana, said Jebra Ram Muchahary, chief Convenor, PJACBM, a conglomeration of 55 organisations of various ethnic groups living in the proposed Boroland state in Assam in a Press statement issued to the media today. 

We welcome the present move of the Congress Working Committees decision to create a separate state of Telangana. 

We are aware of the fact that millions of people in the country having aspiration of right to self determination on their own affairs including us as PJACBM have been waiting eagerly with appreciation for formation of more smaller states in the country to fulfill their long cherished legitimate demands of separate states like, Telangana, Boroland, Gorkhaland, Twipraland, Dimaraji, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh etc, it said adding PJACBM is happy to express that the creation of Telangana will open the door for creation of Boroland and other states as well one after another. 

Saying that it will not compromise on the Boroland issue, it said if the government of India tries to fool us, we will not sit idle but to resume its temporarily suspended mass movement with even much more vigorous unified and intensified movement for the Boroland state. 

PJACBM will never ever compromise on the Boroland issue and the government of Assam and the Government of India will be responsible for any untoward situation arisen out of that. 

Muchahary said the PJACBM will work out its future agitational programmes and announce soon following its executive meeting shortly.