Sarma clears air on Nadda claim on ST status The senior cabinet minister on Tuesday said the state government will soon submit its report to the Centre on the issue
A day after BJP president J.P. Nadda’s categorical assertion at a public rally in Silchar that the Narendra Modi government has granted Scheduled Tribe status to six communities in Assam left the aspiring groups seething, senior cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state government will soon submit its report to the Centre on the issue.
The six communities demanding ST status for over two decades are Koch-Rajbongshi, Chutia, Moran, Tai Ahom, Matak and tea tribes.