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The Assam authorities and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) person reached a statement connected “most recommendations” of a sheet to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord of 1985, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said.
Clause 6 of the bid deal, which ended the convulsive six-year, anti-foreigner Assam Agitation, promised due constitutional, legislative, and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve, and beforehand the cultural, social, and linguistic individuality and practice of the Assamese people.
Representatives of the authorities and the AASU held the 3rd circular of discussions connected Clause 6 connected Saturday. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired the meeting.
“...Both the Assam authorities and the AASU reached statement connected astir State-level recommendations of the high-level committee, with a caller reappraisal committee to beryllium formed for timely implementation,” a connection from the CMO read.
The Ministry of Home Affairs appointed the high-level committee successful February 2020. Headed by retired Gauhati High Court justice Biplab Kumar Sarma, it was tasked with suggesting ways to instrumentality the provisions of the touchy Clause 6.
“The AASU sought the enactment of a committee to show the implementation of the recommendations. They besides requested that a tripartite gathering among the State government, the Centre and the AASU beryllium convened earlier January 31, 2026,” Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora said.
Mr. Bora is the president of the Asom Gana Parishad, a merchandise of the Assam Agitation and an state of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He heads an eight-member sub-committee formed successful 2021 tasked with submitting a study connected however the recommendations tin beryllium implemented.
The sub-committee submitted its study during Saturday’s meeting.
“Our sub-committee identified 67 recommendations by the high-level committee, of which the State authorities tin instrumentality 40. Fifteen recommendations tin beryllium implemented lone by the Centre, and the remaining 12 tin beryllium implemented jointly by the State authorities and the Centre,” Mr. Bora said.
