KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT

nnnThe accord must be fully implemented in a time-bound manner to facilitate detection and deportation of foreigners All citizens, residing in Assam on or before January 1, 1951, and their descendants will be construed as ‘Assamese people’ Definition of Assamese people should include indigenous tribals as well as other indigenous communities

ter will go to the Centre and implementation process of Clause 6 will begin.”

AASU’S chief advisor, Samujjal Bhattacharya, on Tuesday said the report was submitted over five months back, and with the government remaining quiet on its contents and implementation, the group decided to make it public . “There is no clarity as well on whether the Assam government has handed it over to the Centre yet.”

Sarma referred to AASU’S unhappiness over the inaction and pointed out that the committee’s report says the recommendations are to be implemented within two years after careful

nnnnn80%-100% reservation in local bodies, parliament, assembly Prompt and adequate measures to completely seal the Indobangladesh border

Introduction of inner-line permits to regulate entry of people from other states Creation of an Upper House Confining land rights to ‘Assamese people’ scrutiny by a panel headed by a retired Supreme Court judge as it involves constitutional provisions.“since our government is at the end of our tenure and the assembly elections are due in a few months, it might be better if the new elected assembly takes up the issue of ratifying definition of Assamese people.”

The tripartite accord involving AASU, the state government and the Centre was signed in 1985 after a six-year agitation against illegal immigrants.

The justice (Retd) Biplab Kumar Sarma-led 13-member committee submitted the report to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal in February. of the three AASU members in the committee were present when the report was submitted. AASU was upset that the report was not handed over directly to Union home ministry.

The report proposes January 1951 as the cut-off date for any Indian citizen residing in Assam to be defined as an Assamese for the purpose of implementing Clause 6. The report also seeks quotas in government jobs, talks about issues related to land and land rights, linguistic, cultural and social rights, and protection of resources and biodiversity.

Clarity on who can be called an Assamese was one of the committee’s main tasks as the accord did not clearly define this.

The passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in December triggered protests in Assam amid concerns that it could encourage a fresh wave of infiltration from Bangladesh.

The protests against the law in Assam came amidst fears that it could dilute the 1985 accord, under which the government agreed to identify and deport all refugees and migrants who have entered the northeastern state after March 25, 1971. The CAA extends the deadline until December 31, 2014.

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