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National colours of Bodoland

Bodoland is the name adopted by Bodo nationalists in Assam, India to denote their homeland, over which they want to exercise greater control. The ABSU and the BLTF seek a separate state of Bodoland, whereas the NDFB seek an independent country. At present, the current demarkation of Bodoland is the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, or BTAD for short, is administered by an autonomous council (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Council).

Bodoland Movement

The movement for an independent state of Bodoland was started in 1987 under the leadership of Upendranath Brahma of ABSU.

BAC

The Bodoland Autonomous Council (BAC) was constituted after the Bodo Accord.[1] Subsequent to that accord, a section of the Bodo Volunteer Force, the militant wing of the ABSU, came overground. The section that did not lay down arms formed the BLTF.Presently BAC doesn't exist;BAC is upgraded to BTC according to the Memorandum of Settlement.

BTC

The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is a 46-member body established according to the Memorandum of Settlement of February 10, 2003. The BLTF laid down their weapons on December 6, 2003 and Hagrama Mohilary was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the ad hoc BTC on December 7, 2003.[2] The elections for the BTC were held on May 13, 2005. The BTC has 12 electorate members each looking after a specific area of control call somisthi. The area under the BTC jurisdiction is called the Bodo Territorial Autonomous District (BTAC).

The BTAC is to consist of four contiguous districts—Kokrajhar, Baska, Udalguri and Chirang—carved out of eight existing districts—Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darrang and Sonitpur—an area of 27,100 km2 (35% of Assam).[3] That the BTAC is created under the sixth schedule of the Constitution of India has been opposed by some organizations.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Bodo Accord, February 20, 1993, signed by Government of India, Government of Assam, ABSU and BPAC.
  2. ^ BTC Election results
  3. ^ Prabhakar M. S. (2003) Territories of fear Frontline, 20:24, November 22, 2003
  4. ^ Patowary, Ajit (2003) Bodo Accord may not bring peace The Assam Tribune, March 3, 2003

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