Six communities in Assam have threatened to launch a coordinated stir over the “inordinate delay” in granting them Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
These communities are Adivasi (referred to as “tea tribes”), Chutia, Koch-Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran and Tai-Ahom.
On Thursday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the ST status ball was in the court of the Rajya Sabha and the State government could do little about it.
