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All Adivasi Association of Assam demands ST status

By Correspondent

BARPETA, July 13 - The All Adivasi Association of Assam has reiterated its demand to accord Scheduled Tribe status to the Adivasis and warned the government that it will face massive agitation if the demand is not fulfilled within one month.

In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, signed by the leaders of the Baksa district committee and the central executive committee, the association stated that lakhs of people living in the State bear all the characteristics of tribals. They stated that their counterparts living in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha are regarded as STs. But it is a matter of regret that the same people with similar ethnicity have been deprived of the ST status here, they said.

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