Non-government panel’s report on Assam Agitation to be tabled in Assembly, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

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The Assam furniture decided that the study of a non-government commission, formed astatine the behest of civilian nine organisations to look into incidents of unit during the anti-infiltration Assam Agitation, volition beryllium tabled successful the Assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

He claimed that it would beryllium the archetypal clip a study from a committee formed by non-government agencies would beryllium tabled successful the Assembly, erstwhile it meets for a five-day league starting connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025).

Addressing a property league aft chairing a gathering of the assembly of ministers connected Sunday (November 23, 2025), Mr. Sarma said, "The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has said that the study of the Justice (Retd.) T U Mehta Commission, which was formed by Mukti Jujaru Sanmilan and the agitators, should beryllium made nationalist truthful that radical tin get to cognize each sides," helium said.

The Chief Minister said the furniture has approved the tabling of the non-government committee report, making it the archetypal clip that the findings of a privately constituted committee volition beryllium placed successful the House.

"We person besides decided to spot copies of the study of the Tewary Commission, which was constituted successful 1983 to look into the incidents of unit that year," helium said.

The six-year-long Assam Agitation had culminated with the signing of the Assam Accord successful August 1985, though the occupation of amerciable migrants, implicit which the question took place, continues to persist successful the state.

Mr. Sarma said that though the Tewary Commission study was tabled successful 1987 by then-CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), lone 1 transcript of the study was sent to the Speaker.

The AGP was the governmental offshoot of the Assam Gana Sangram Praishad, which was a signatory to the tripartite Accord on with AASU and the cardinal government.

"On Tuesday, we volition beryllium providing copies to each MLAs and others too," the Chief Minister said.

"Technically, some reports are public, but copies were not distributed," helium pointed out.

Mr. Sarma further maintained that though the Tewary Commission was formed by the Congress government, the study was "generally neutral and compiled done overmuch hardship".

"Congress thinks determination are provocative things successful the study and that the BJP volition summation politically. But determination is thing of the kind. It is conscionable a historical portion that volition beryllium mislaid to clip if the copies are not made public. It is an world exercise," helium said.

He criticised the existent Congress enactment arsenic being "hollow and immature" for trying to defy the work of the study of a committee formed nether their enactment helmed by Indira Gandhi astatine the Centre and Hiteshwar Saikia, begetter of the incumbent person of absorption successful the assembly, astatine Dispur.

"The study has immoderate antagonistic things connected AASU, but they accidental fto it travel out. New generations volition larn a batch of things of the concern then... It is simply a transgression against humanity to fell history," Mr. Sarma added.

The main curate further said the furniture besides approved astir 27 Bills that volition beryllium placed successful the assembly, including allotment of onshore to beverage plot workers, regularisation of fees of backstage acquisition institutions tally by number communities, and the mounting up of a philanthropic assemblage by Azim Premji Foundation.

Published - November 24, 2025 09:47 americium IST

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