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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his government will implement 52 recommendations of the Justice Biplab Sarma committee on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord to safeguard the interests of the indigenous people.

The Clause 6 of the Assam Accord states that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards will be provided to protect cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.

The implementation of the committee's recommendations can be divided into three parts- 52 of which can be implemented directly by the state government, five jointly by the state and the central governments, while the rest comes within the purview of the Centre.

The demand for implementing Clause 6 gained momentum during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act in 2019 following which the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government asked the MHA to form the Justice (retired) Biplab Sarma Committee. The panel submitted its 91-page report on February 25, 2020, more than a fortnight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the implementation of Clause 6 while addressing a rally in Assam.   The Assam Accord was signed in 1985 after a six-year-long violent anti-foreigner movement. It stated, among other clauses, that names of all foreigners coming to Assam on or after March 25, 1971 would be detected and deleted from electoral rolls with steps taken to deport them.

 

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