Assam Main Minister Biswa Dinner Sarma. File | Photo Credit: Videograbs via x/@nor
The Assam Cabinet decided to download about 28,000 cases in various tribunes of foreigners (FTS) against the Koch-Rajbongsh community.
The decision effectively removes the brand “D” or dubious voters from these people. D is the category of voters in Assam, which the government released for their alleged lack of credible citizenship documents.
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“Many cases are waiting for FTS and 28,000 such people are similar to the people of Koch-Rajbongsh. In other words, 28,000 Koch-Rajbongshis still transmits” foreigners “labels,” said Histant Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister Biswa Sarma after Cabinet 4.
“The state government believes that they are a native community and are an integral part of Asam culture. Cabinet has done a historical decision to immediately abolish FT cases,” he said.
“People of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years,” the main minister said.
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Koch-Rajbongshis inhabits large lines of Assam and northern West Bengal. They have a considerable population in Meghalaya and Bangladesh.
The community, which once ruled part of today’s Assam, Bangladesh and West Bengal, is one of the six demanding status of the planned tribe in Assam. The other five are adivasi, ahom, taste, Matak and Moran.
In August 2024, the main minister told the 126 -member Assam assembly that FTS in the state declared 1,59,353 people as foreigners. He also stated that the agencies concerned have ceded 4,35,841 cases to FTS, of which 3,37 186 were destroyed, while 96,149 cases expected.
Assam has 100 FTS, which were established according to the law of foreigners of 1946 and foreigners (tribunals) of the 1964 order to determine the status of citizenship of individuals suspected of illegal immigrants.
Published – April 4 2025 17:53
