NEW DELHI, Sept 18 - The BJP�s alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Friday urged Union Ministry of Home Affairs to consider the recommendations of Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma Committee and implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord at the earliest to protect the Assamese people.
�I would like to request the Union home ministry to consider the recommendations of Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma Committee and implement the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord at the earliest to protect the Assamese people, Assamese culture and the Assamese language. I would also like to request the government to implement the Assam Accord in letter and spirit,� mentioned AGP Rajya Sabha MP Biren Baishya in a Special Mention notice here today.
The committee had submitted the report on February 25, 2020.
The Assam Accord was signed between representatives of Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on August 15, 1985. Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is the heart of the Accord, his notice said.
Rajya Sabha MPs were asked to table their Special Mention notices because of dearth of time.
The Assam Accord will have no meaning if Clause 6 of the Accord is not implemented. But after 35 long years, the government failed to implement Clause 6 which provides Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of Assamese people, Baishya said.
The Union home ministry had constituted a committee headed by retired High Court Judge, Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma to recommend on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
The Union Home Minister had assured the people of Assam on the floor of the Parliament that the government will accept all the recommendations, in total, given by Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma Committee and implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
