DIBRUGARH, Nov 21 – Dr Bimal Nag, the first Adivasi PhD holder of Assam and former vice principal of Darrang College, passed away this morning at his residence in Tezpur. He was 82.
He left behind his son, a daughter and grand children.
Dr Nag was a pioneer in steering the Adivasi movement in Assam with respect to scheduling of the Adivasis. He was also associated with various organisations, prominent among them being the Adivasi Council and Assam Mundari Mahasabha.
Dr Nag gave the illiterate Adivasis of Assam the much needed leadership at a time when there were hardly any Adivasi Graduates.
Dr Nag was born in Kanke village in Ranchi, Jharkhand on July 22, 1929 and came to Assam when his parents were brought by British soldiers. He did his schooling in Guramari LP School in Tezpur and did his Matriculation from Tezpur Government Boy’s High School. He graduated from Cotton College with Botany and also did his MSc from there. Dr Nag taught for a short period in Cotton College of Guwahati and in St Edmund’s College in Shillong before he undertook his PhD research from Gauhati University.
After acquiring his Doctorate degree, Dr Nag served as a lecturer in Darrang College for about 23 years. He was head of the Department of Botany and later served as the vice principal of the college and retired from the college in 1993. Nevertheless, he did not give up teaching. He co-founded the Emmanuel College in Tezpur and taught there for several years.
Organizations like the AASAA, ATTSA, PAJHRA, Assam Mundari Sahitya Sabha, Adivasi Sahitya Sabha and various leaders of political organizations, condoled his demise. Courtesy:The AssamTribune
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Guwahati-Laxmi Oraon, who was stripped naked and brutally assaulted by a violent mob in broad daylight in the central Beltola locality of the city on November 24, 2007, began a three-day fast on Tuesday demanding Scheduled Tribe status for the Adivasis and tea tribe communities of Assam along with four other demands.
The other demands include enhancing the wages of tea garden workers from Rs. 70 a day to Rs. 200 a day, rehabilitation of Adivasis families who were displaced during 1996 and 1998 ethnic riots between the Bodos and the adivasis, rescheduling duty hours in tea gardens so that parents can ensure that children go to school and ensure justice in cases of violence in Beltola. Ms. Oraon was brutally assaulted by a violent mob when she travelled from her village to the State capital for the first time to take part in a rally organised by the All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) to demand Scheduled Tribe status for the Adivasis of Assam.
Explaining the rationale behind her demand for rescheduling of working hours for tea garden workers, Ms. Oraon told , “Children of tea tribe communities are lagging behind in education as parents cannot ensure that their children go to school every day as they have to leave early for work under the existing time schedule. If the work hour starts at 9 a.m. then parents working in tea gardens will be able to ensure that their children go to school regularly.”
She said that the AASAA would also stage hunger strikes across the state on the third day to express their solidarity to her cause.
Ms. Oraon said failing a response from the government, she would undertake a five-day fast in Guwahati.
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GUWAHATI: The long-pending issue of the Adivasi community got a thrust on Friday when, for the first time, a delegation of the Adivasi National Convention (ANC) along with five Adivasi ceasefire militant groups sat for a tripartite dialogue with Shambhu Singh, the joint secretary (northeast) in the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA). The meeting was held in the presence of officials of the state home department and the department of Welfare of Plains Tribes and Backward Classes (WRT&BC).
Ceasefire militants groups like Birsa Commando Force, Adivasi Cobra Militants of Assam (ACMA), Santhal Triger Force, Adivasi People’s Army and AANLA are now under ANC, the umbrella organization.
The meeting, held in the city’s Special Branch headquarters located at Kahilipara, discussed the issue of allotting ST status to the Adivasi community and instructed the state government to omit all the demarcations in their population.
“Till now, the Adivasi population of the state was divided between the tea tribes and other Schedule Tribes. But as per the new instruction of the joint commissioner, all Adivasis will be under the same community,” said Zabrius Ekka, chariman of ACMA. He added the next date of the dialogue was settled after three months.
“In these three months, the convention will have to submit the historical background of the Adivasis of the state to the government.Courtesy: TheTimesofIndia.
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GUWAHATI, July 20 – The All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) today demanded of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to implement the Adivasi Development Council only after signing of an accord between the government and various Adivasi organizations in the presence of Central government representatives.
It may be mentioned here that the student body submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding tripartite talk between Centre, State and the Adivasi organizations to discuss the genuine grievances of the Adivasis.
The other demands of the student body include upgrading LP and ME schools in tea garden areas to high schools, increasing wages of tea garden labourers to Rs 200, fixing the working time of tea garden workers from 9 am to 4.30 pm like other industries, immediate eradication of child labour from tea gardens and implementation of NRHM schemes in all tea gardens of Assam.
“We have been demanding CBI inquiry into the killings of Adivasi leaders but so far the government has been indifferent to our demand,” said a functionary of the student body.
On the other hand, the student body has also insisted that the flood problem in the State be declared a national problem. It has also demanded that the government stop construction of big dams.Courtesy:TheAssamTribune..
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GUWAHATI, – The Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) on 15 July, staged a two-hour dharna at the Dispur Last Gate in support their demands.
The demands of the ATTSA include ST status to tea communities, land patta to landless people of tea communities, raising tea tribe welfare fund to Rs 100 crore, hike in daily wages of tea labourers with wage for Sunday at Rs 100, among others.
The ATTSA has also demanded amendment to the Plantation Labour Act, 1995, supply of quality medicines, potable water in tea gardens and reservation of 15 per cent government jobs. Courtesy :TheAssamTribunal.
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Guwahati, A senior leader of the little-known Adivasi People’s Army (APA), an Assam-based insurgent group, has been arrested in connection with the July 10 derailment of the Guwahati-Puri Jagannanth Express that left 100 people injured. Silva Oraon, deputy chief commandant of the APA, was arrested
on Friday night in the Uttarpar area of Baksa district along the Indo-Bhutan border.
Four coaches of the train had derailed following a blast triggered by a remote-controlled device near Rangia in Kamrup district. Shortly afterwards, the APA claimed responsibility.
On Wednesday, two APA cadre were nabbed from a tea estate in Baksa in connection with the blast. The police said they provided vital leads that helped crack the case.
Oraon had a major role in the blast on the railway tracks,” said AJ Baruah, superintendent of police, Kamrup. “He went into hiding when his role in the blast became clear and a joint team of the police and army launched a manhunt.”
The APA has its support base among the tea tribes. The group — active in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts — also has links with the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland.
The APA’s goal is to create an autonomous council for tribals in the state. The police detained four other APA members for questioning from the Gossaigaon area of Kokrajhar. They are also probing the possibility of the Ulfa playing a role in the blast.Courtesy:HindustanTimes.
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आतंकियों ने मंगलवार को कोकराझाड़ जिले गोसाईगांव के निकट ऑल आदिवासी स्टडेंट्स आफ असम के अध्यक्ष बोस्को चेरमाको की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी। वह प्रभावशाली छात्र नेता थे। उनकी हत्या की खबर मिलते ही सैंकड़ों कार्यकर्ता घटनास्थल पर जमा हो गए और विरोध प्रदर्शन करने लगे। उत्तेजित कार्यकर्ताओं ने कोकराझाड़ और उदालगुड़ी समेत कई स्थानों पर चलते वाहनों को क्षति पहुंचाई। आदिवासी नेता की हत्या के बाद लोअर असम में तनाव फैल गया है। हत्या के विरोध में बुधवार को बारह घंटे के असम बंद का आह्वान किया गया है। इस घटना में किस संगठन के हाथ है, इस पर पुलिस औपचारिक रूप से कुछ नहीं बता रही है। एनडीएफबी के वार्ता विरोधी गुट पर संदेह किया जा रहा है। पुलिस ने हत्यारों को पकड़ने का अभियान चलाया है। कोकराझाड़ के पुलिस अधीक्षक पी.के.दत्त ने बताया कि पुलिस मामले की पड़ताल और हत्या की वजह का पता कर रही है। इस हत्या से आदिवासियों में काफी गुस्सा है। इसलिए कल बंद के दौरान हिंसा होने की आशंका है। संवेदनशील इलाके में अतिरिक्त बलों को भेजा जा रहा है। आसा असम के आदिवासियों को अनुसूचित जनजाति में शामिल कराने की मांग करता रहा है।साभार–दैनिकजागरण
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GUWAHATI, Jan 20 – The All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) today demanded steps from the State Government to ensure Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Adivasis of the State. It also demanded immediate steps to stop eviction of the Adivasi people from Lungsung area of Kokrajhar district.
The students’ body also demanded a CBI inquiry into the cruel and ‘illegal’ eviction of the Adivasis in Lungsung area, and abolition of child labour system from the tea gardens of the State. It further stated that implementation of Adivasi Development Council at the State level only after inking an accord by the Adivasi organisations and the State Government in presence of the representatives of the Central Government.
In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister the AASAA central executive committee said that the ST status to the Adivasis would solve 80 per cent of their problems. This will also lead to all-round development of the State, said the students’ body.
Describing the Lungsung eviction drive against the Adivasi settlers as horrific, inhuman and illegal, the students’ body said that a total of 6,919 Adivasi people of 1,267 families are affected, out of which 3,303 are males and 3,949 females. Of them, 3,813 are adults and 3,106 are minors.TheAssamTribune.
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DIBRUGARH,: Members of the Adivasi Chah Janagosthi Suraksha Samity of Assam (ACJSSA) staged a demonstration here yesterday in support of their various demands. The organization also submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor of Assam to the district administration demanding strict action against Annada Tea Company for selling off the Salmari Tea Estate.
Demonstrators stated that the proprietors had sold off the land on the sly to various people, who were now trying to throw them out. The Samity said that the 800 workers of the garden and their family members were facing an uncertain future at present. On the other hand, the organization demanded the revival of the Timon Tea Estate, which is sick.
Meanwhile, they also demanded a raise of Rs 200 in their daily wages. The other demands include reviving the sick gardens, issuing “myadi patta” for ceiling land, ban on mega dams, control on price rise and anti-erosion measures.
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