Tensions in Assam: Bodo Students Oppose Special Status Plan for Six Communities
Thousands of students from a tribal community in Assam's Kokrajhar region forcefully entered the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) secretariat during a massive rally protesting the Assam cabinet's approval of a report on granting Scheduled Tribes status to six other communities of the state. The protesters allegedly vandalised parts of the secretariat.
The six-kilometre-long march began at Bodoland University and headed towards the BTC Secretariat in Kokrajhar, where tensions flared as protesters broke through barricades and barged into the secretariat's assembly hall. They allegedly vandalised the hall by breaking chairs and other furniture.
