The Congress and AIUDF have opposed the decision of AASU to prepare the list of people who will get constitutional safeguard according to Clause 6 of the Assam Accord based on the report of former Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker and present Congress MLA Pranab Gogoi.
Although thecentral and state government has started the process to provide constitutionalsafeguard to the Assamese or the indigenous people of the state according toClause 6 of the Assam Accord, it seems that the process has taken anotherdirection.
The oppositionhas opposed the decision of AASU which was taken in the first meeting of the 13-membercommittee constituted by the central government including citizens' forum andmembers of All Assam Students' Union (AASU) held recently. The Congress and AllIndia United Democratic Front (AIUDF) have opposed the 13-member committee'sdecision of giving constitutional safeguard to the Assamese and the indigenouspeople of the state.
AASU in its firstmeeting of the committee held on July 24 at North Block in New Delhi proposedto provide the constitutional safeguard based on the report provided by formerAssam Legislative Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi earlier.
AASU said that it should be made clear as who will get the safeguard according to Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. AASU in its meeting said that it should be clarified as who will get the constitutional safeguard, who are Assamese and who is not, who is indigenous, who will be protected and therefore it should be based on Gogoi's report to which the two opposition parties Congress and AIUDF has opposed the decision.
