GUWAHATI: With a focus on assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday met influential Koch-Rajbongshi lead..|News Track
Ananta Rai is the self-proclaimed king of the Cooch Behar and descendent of royal Koch Rajbongshi family. Koch Rajbongshi has a substantial population in the Lower Assam and adjoining West Bengal.
Amit Shah to Visit Assam on Feb 11, Likely to Meet Koch Heir Ananta Rai at Bongaigaon
Shah will reportedly pay a visit to Koch royal heir Ananta Rai at Bongaigaon during his visit, will be accompanied by Assam CM and Himanta Biswa Sarma.
| 10 Feb 2021 7:15 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Assam once again on February 11. This will be the second visit of the Union Home Minister to the election-bound Assam in the last fortnight.
As per sources, Amit Shah would be not only visiting here but also to the neighbouring state of West Bengal that goes to polls soon along with Assam.
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GUWAHATI: The BJP-led Assam government is contemplating to introduce a law to halt further transfer of land ownership from natives to non-natives with the objective of securing land still in possession of the indigenous people of the state.
BJP formed its first government in the state in 2016 riding its powerful pledge in the election to protect Assam’s ‘jati (identity), mati (land) and bheti (homeland)’ from “cultural invasion” by Bengali-speaking Muslims from Bangladesh. Protection of identity of the indigenous people of the state and protection of their culture is still the broad focus of BJP.
Cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while taking part in the All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union’s 20th Kendriya Swahid Divas Udjapon at Golokganj in Dhubri district on Wednesday appealed to the Koch Rajbongshi people not to sell off whatever land is with them.
›State govt is planning to come up with a law to secure land of indigenous people: Himanta Biswa Sarma
State govt is planning to come up with a law to secure land of indigenous people: Himanta Biswa Sarma
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Sarma while speaking at All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union s 20th Martyrs day function in Golokganj said, “Land of indigenous people in the undivided Goalpara district has reduced as people sold their lands and through deceit and other means this lands were purchased.”