GUWAHATI, Dec 30 - The All Assam Students� Union (AASU) has strongly criticized the Central and State governments for their failure to start implementing the recommendations of the committee formed to suggest measures for implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
The AASU and 30 organisations representing different ethnic groups of the State have also threatened to launch a movement against the government�s failure to implement the recommendations of the committee that was headed by Justice (Retd) Biplab Sarma.
Talking to The Assam Tribune, AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath said that the Central and State governments once again betrayed the people of Assam. He said that even after ten months of submission of the report of the committee, the Central and State governments failed even to start the process of implementation of the same.
The AASU leader pointed out that the State government recently admitted in the Assembly that even the process of forming a committee of legal experts to examine the report has not started. �It proves that the government is not sincere on the issue,� he added.
Nath said the committee had recommended completion of the process of implementation of the report within two years. The Chief Minister accepted the report on behalf of the Union Home Minister on February 25. But till date, the Chief Minister has not been able to hand over the report to the Centre.
The AASU president said the Union Home Minister had made an assurance in the Parliament that the Centre would implement all the recommendations of the committee. The Prime Minister also assured the same in public meetings.
During a meeting with the members of the committee, the Union Home Minister had also assured that the process of implementation of the recommendations would start within a week of receiving the report. But no action has been taken even after ten months of receipt of the report, he said.
Nath said the Centre had formed the committee only to divert the attention of the people of Assam from the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement. If the recommendations are implemented, the CAA would become useless in Assam and perhaps that is why, the government is dragging its feet on the issue, he alleged.
Nath also alleged that the Chief Minister has failed to take a bold stand on the issue to protect the interests of the indigenous people of Assam.
He said that under the circumstances, the AASU would have no alternative but to launch a movement to put pressure on the Centre to implement the report of the committee to protect the interests of the indigenous people of the State.
The AASU and representatives of 30 organisations representing various ethnic groups of the State would meet soon to chalk out the course of movement to be launched against the apathetic attitude of the government, he added.
