GUWAHATI, July 21 - The Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly Ranjit Dass today asked all the legislative party leaders to unanimously take a call on meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the long-pending issue of granting ST status to six indigenous groups of Assam.
Replying to the proposal of AGP legislator Phani Bhusan Choudhury to constitute an all-party delegation under the leadership of the Speaker of the House himself, Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said that she has no objection if an all-party delegation decides to meet the Prime Minister on the issue.
The Minister asserted that the six-member committee is working on the modalities.
�Although such delegations were formed earlier as well, the meeting with the Prime Minister did not materialise,� Choudhury said.
Prior to this, another AGP MLA, Ramendra Narayan Kalita raised a question on the status of the long-standing demand of the six communities.
