BJP will be voted out of power in Assam if they fail to grant ST status to Koch Rajbongshis: Biswajit Ray

General Secretary of the Koch Rajbongshi National Convention Biswajit Ray created a sensation on Monday by saying that no political party could win Bodoland Territorial Council election by neglecting the community. Ray said that the Koch Rajbongshi community will be a decisive force in the ensuing BTC elections.    

Ray said that the Koch Rajbongshi National Convention does not have any motive for their vested interest. Their only motive is to take ahead the struggle of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union. Ray added that they will continue their struggle for a separate Kamatapur. He further expressed confidence that the central government would grant Schedule Tribe status to the community before the 2021 state assembly elections. Ray demanded the government to grant Plain Tribes status to the Koch Rajbongshis living in Udalguri and Baksa districts of Bodoland Territorial Region.   

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On the other hand, Ray demanded that Plain Tribes status be granted to the Koch Rajbongshis of the four districts of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts. He lamented that though a bill was passed to grant Schedule Tribes status to the community in the Assam cabinet on September 3^rd but it is yet to be amended. He demanded the bill to be amended soon. Ray also demanded to constitute the Koch Rajbongshi Development Council and elect its Chairman from the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District. Biswajit Ray demanded both the state as well as central government to keep their promise of granting Schedule Tribe status to the community before the 2021 assembly elections.  

Ray warned that if the Bharatiya Janata Party cheats the Koch Rajbongshi community the way the Congress did in the past then the saffron party will have to face defeat in the 2021 assembly elections.

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