CM Sarbananda Sonowal in Kokrajhar on Tuesday
GUWAHATI: The seeds for the swearing-in of the fourth Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) of BJP-UPPL-GSP combine, led by Pramod Boro, were sown in the third peace accord signed in January with the Centre and the state government.
For ousted former BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary, who heads BPF, it was a repeat of history that he had written 17 years ago when he signed the previous Bodo accord in 2003 with the NDA government at the Centre and the Congress government is the state. Mohilary, a former militant leader after disbanding his Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) formed BPF and took charge of BTC.
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Pramod Boro
GUWAHATI: United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) president Pramod Boro was sworn in as the new chief executive member of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Kokrajhar on Tuesday.
In his speech at the oath-taking ceremony at a jam-packed field at Bodofa Nwgwr in Kokrajhar, Boro recollected his days of struggle in the past which made him more resolute to live a pro-people life.
“Past is nostalgic and harsh but I have resolved to work hard. Like I was in hardship, thousands of youths are still facing difficult times even today in Bodoland Territorial Region. There are students who do not get scope to study, do not have enough to eat and wear. I was one of them and today I have resolved to serve them,” said Boro, who was administered the oath by chief secretary Jishnu Baruah in the absence of governor Jagdish Mukhi.
Express News Service
GUWAHATI: Seventeen years since it was created as a political solution to the Bodo agitation for a separate state, Assam s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) on Tuesday got a new chief in former student leader Pramod Bodo.
He was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous council at a programme held in Kokrajhar. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were among dignitaries in attendance.
Gobinda Basumatary of the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) took oath as the Deputy CEM. He is a former leader of a faction of the insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
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Besides Bodo, the others sworn in included Deputy CEM Gobindo Chandra Basumatry of the United Peoples Party Liberal (UPPL), BJP s Gautam Das and Diganta Barua and Gana Suraksha Party s (GSP) Ghanashyam Das.
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Senior BJP leader and NEDA convener Himanta Biswa Sarma attends a public meeting ahead of the 2nd Phase of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) polls 2020 in Kokrajhar District.
Kokrajhar: The fourth Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) was constituted on Tuesday with the swearing in of five members of the BJP-UPPL-GSP combine and UPPL s Promod Bodo assuming charge as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous body. The members were administered the oath of office by Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua at the Green Field Ground in Bodofa Nwgar here.