Define the state assam

Answer 1

As if an endless list of problems ranging from insurgency to floods and erosion and unemployment is not enough, the Assam Government is now desperately looking for a definition of 'Assamese', an issue that has roots in the Assam Accord signed way back in 1985.

The issue that had raised quite a flutter soon after the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) signed the historic Assam Accord with then Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi. Various tribal groups, including the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU), strongly objected to calling every indigenous person of the state an "Assamese. The accord vide Clause 6 had asked for providing Constitutional safeguards to the Assamese people.

"The Government is yet to finalise the definition of Assamese. The Government has held a series of consultations with different organisations, including the Asam Sahitya Sabha, but a definition is yet to be finalised.