The All-Bodo Students Union (ABSU), along with the United Boro People’s Organization (UBPO) and the Ex-NDFB Welfare Association, launched a two-day national movement in the national capital demanding urgent, time-bound implementation of the Bodo Peace Accord, 2020, and passage of the long-pending 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill.
The mobilization began with a national-level seminar at the Constitution Club on Wednesday, attended by representatives from ten Sixth Schedule councils across the Northeast. On Thursday, the groups held a three-hour sit-in demonstration at Jantar Mantar, reiterating their demand for the 125th Amendment Bill, which seeks to strengthen the financial and administrative powers of Autonomous Councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
ABSU president Dipen Boro said the continued delay in fulfilling key commitments of the Accord has raised concerns among Bodo communities.
“The Bodo Accord of 2020 brought a new dawn of peace and stability to the Bodoland region, but peace must be backed by action. For five years, we have waited with patience and faith, yet several key clauses of the Accord remain untouched,” he said.
“If the commitments made by the Government of India are not fulfilled on time, the very credibility of the Accord comes into question. The Bodo people have upheld their part of the promise — we now expect the Government to uphold theirs with sincerity, urgency and respect.”
Despite the signing of the Accord and five years of relative calm in Bodoland, the organizations said progress on implementation has been slow. Over a dozen tripartite review meetings have been held with the Centre and the Assam government, and delegations have met the Union Home Minister multiple times, but most commitments remain pending.
To intensify their movement, the organizations announced a large mass gathering in Kokrajhar in December 2025, where nearly two lakh people are expected to participate.
Key demands for time-bound implementation
The organizations urged the Centre and the Assam government to expedite the implementation of crucial clauses under the Bodo Accord, 2020, including:
·Passage of the 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019
·Strengthening Article 280 and provisions of the Sixth Schedule to enhance autonomy and financial powers of BTC and other councils. Key components include:
·Increasing BTC constituencies to 60 without affecting tribal reservation
·Transfer of additional subjects under Annexure-I
·Constitutional formation of Village and Municipal Councils
·Direct funding through Article 280 and Article 275(1)(a)
·Granting ST (Hill) status to Bodo-Kachari communities in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.
·Full-fledged status to Boro Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council (BKWAC), including notification of remaining villages and delimitation.
·Provincialisation of schools and colleges in BTR and Bodo-medium institutions outside BTR.
·Inclusion of additional tribal-majority villages from Sonitpur, Biswanath and southern BTR.
·Land rights for tribal communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
· Withdrawal of pending cases and release of remaining Ex-NDFB members, along with ex-gratia for martyr families.
· Establishment of a Cultural Complex-cum-Centre of Excellence in honour of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma at Thulungapuri, Kokrajhar.
· Special recruitment drives for Bodo youth in the Army, CAPFs and Assam Police.
Implementation of the Rs 1,500-crore Special Development Package, covering:
·Upendranath Brahma Central University
·IGNTU Regional Campus
·National Sports University
·Organic University
·NE Regional Institute of Medical Sciences
·National Institute of Technology
·National Stadium
·Hotel & Tourism Management Institute
·Veterinary College & Hospital
·SAI Centres in Udalguri, Baksa and Chirang
·Additional Navodaya Vidyalayas
·Majbat–Holongi Highway (Banraja)
