AASU flays Centre over Clause 6 implementation delay

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(From Our Correspondent)

GUWAHATI | SEPT 18, 2020:

The All Assam Students Union (AASU) has flayed the Centre for its delay in implementing Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.

The reaction comes in the wake of a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, by Union minister of state, G. Kishan Reddy who stated that the recommendations of the high-level committee, constituted for implementation of Clause 6 of the Accord, were being examined by the Assam government.

The 14-member committee, headed by Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma, a former judge of Gauhati High Court, had submitted the report to the Assam government way back in February this year.

AASU chief adviser, Samujjal Bhattacharjya, on Thursday alleged that the delay indicated planned inaction and reluctance, on the part of the Centre in implementing the Clause 6 committee's report.

"Centre's claim that the state government is yet to forward report shows hypocrisy and insincerity. (We) demand safeguards as enshrined in the report alongside fulfilment of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister's promise," Bhattacharjya informed through Twitter.

The high-level was constituted by the Union home ministry on July 15, 2019, to suggest measures and recommendations for implementation of Clause 6 of the Accord, which pertains to safeguard for the preservation and promotion of Assamese identity and heritage.

Peeved at the silence of the Assam government on the contents of the report and its implementation, AASU, had on August 11, 2020, broken the confidentiality and made it public.

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