DIPHU, Aug 28 � The non-Karbis living in Karbi Anglong are raising the demand for a separate Howraghat district. An organisation of 16 non-Karbi ethnic groups has been formed under the banner of Ana Karbi Adhikar Suraksha Mancha (AKASM). It may be mentioned here that thousands of non-Karbi people living in the Karbi Anglong district came together at a rally held at No. 1 Udali under the Bakaliaghat Police Station recently.
The AKASM alleged that there is a bid to quash the legal land rights of the 60 per cent majority population of non-Karbis living in Karbi Anglong by implementing a new land policy by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC).
The present Karbi Anglong (then Mikir Hills) district was formed by carving out 4,382.28 and 4,421.12 square kilometres of the geographical areas of Sivasagar and Nagaon districts respectively. Stating this, the people of the then Namati Revenue Circle under the Nagaon district, which presently includes Howraghat, Bakaliaghat, Parokhuwa, Dokmoka and Dengaon areas, are arguing for a separate Howraghat district.
The organisation stated that non-Karbis are not secure under the KAAC. It pointed out that the arbitrary notification of land ordinances by the KAAC has violated the fundamental rights of other non-ST (Hills) communities. The AKASM described the recent order of the KAAC as �draconian� and called upon the non-Karbis to quit the Congress party and unite to fight against the �illegal ordinance.�
The forum felt that the ordinance would affect the legal rights of non-Karbis living in the Sixth Schedule district since the pre-Independence era. Around 5,000 people from Hindi-speaking, Nepali and Garo communities had taken part in the rally at Udali playground to raise their voice against the council�s land strategy.
The KAAC has ordered that it will scrutinise all sales and transfer land deeds between tribal and non-tribals on the basis of the voters list. The council will be the final arbiter in such matters.
�The policy will deprive our future generations of inheriting landed property as the non-ST (Hills) people will lose their right over land if the order persists,� Puspa Bora, an advocate of the Diphu court, said.
DIPHU, Aug 28 � The non-Karbis living in Karbi Anglong are raising the demand for a separate Howraghat district. An organisation of 16 non-Karbi ethnic groups has been formed under the banner of Ana Karbi Adhikar Suraksha Mancha (AKASM). It may be mentioned here that thousands of non-Karbi people living in the Karbi Anglong district came together at a rally held at No. 1 Udali under the Bakaliaghat Police Station recently.
The AKASM alleged that there is a bid to quash the legal land rights of the 60 per cent majority population of non-Karbis living in Karbi Anglong by implementing a new land policy by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC).
The present Karbi Anglong (then Mikir Hills) district was formed by carving out 4,382.28 and 4,421.12 square kilometres of the geographical areas of Sivasagar and Nagaon districts respectively. Stating this, the people of the then Namati Revenue Circle under the Nagaon district, which presently includes Howraghat, Bakaliaghat, Parokhuwa, Dokmoka and Dengaon areas, are arguing for a separate Howraghat district.
The organisation stated that non-Karbis are not secure under the KAAC. It pointed out that the arbitrary notification of land ordinances by the KAAC has violated the fundamental rights of other non-ST (Hills) communities. The AKASM described the recent order of the KAAC as �draconian� and called upon the non-Karbis to quit the Congress party and unite to fight against the �illegal ordinance.�
The forum felt that the ordinance would affect the legal rights of non-Karbis living in the Sixth Schedule district since the pre-Independence era. Around 5,000 people from Hindi-speaking, Nepali and Garo communities had taken part in the rally at Udali playground to raise their voice against the council�s land strategy.
The KAAC has ordered that it will scrutinise all sales and transfer land deeds between tribal and non-tribals on the basis of the voters list. The council will be the final arbiter in such matters.
�The policy will deprive our future generations of inheriting landed property as the non-ST (Hills) people will lose their right over land if the order persists,� Puspa Bora, an advocate of the Diphu court, said.
