Assam forms panel to draw framework for implementation of Assam Accord

Guwahati: To conceptualise a framework for implantation of all clauses of the Assam Accord, the state government an eight-member sub-committee on Saturday.

“The Governor of Assam is pleased to constitute a sub-committee to examine and prepare a framework for implementation of all clauses of Assam Accord in general with special emphasis on Clause-6 (High-Level Committee Report),” said an official notification issued by the Commissioner and Secretary of the Implementation of Assam Accord Department, GD Tripathi.

It added that a report will be submitted within the next three months.

The panel will also focus on implementation of Clause 7, 9, and 10 keeping the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in view, issues related to flood and erosion, rehabilitation of families of martyrs, and victims of Assam agitation.

The sub-committee that will be headed by Implementation of Assam Accord Minister Atul Bora has three ministers and five members from the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) including chief adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya. Other ministers on the panel are Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika and Finance Minister Ajanta Neog.

Sujata Suchibrata , deputy secretary of the Implementation of Assam Accord Department has been appointed the convenor of the sub-committee, the notification said.

Earlier, the Assam government had announced it will form a fresh committee with members from the AASU following a meeting between the student body and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in September.

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