UNITED NEWS OF INDIA (UNI) NEWS ITEM DATED 12 JULY 1998:
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Bodoland movement groups and the newly formed Barak Gana
Parishad (BGP) in Assam have decided to join hands for the
fulfillment of their demands for separate States, BGP president Rati
Ranjan Roy said in New Delhi on Sunday. The
BGP, he said, had requested the BJP-led Government to include the
case of Barakland and Bodoland on its agenda of creating
separate states in line with Uttaranchal, Vananchal, Chattisgarh,
Delhi and Pondicherry.
Mr Roy said he has submitted a
memorandum to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee giving
details of the struggle of the Barak valley people, launched in early
1960s. On August 10, the party will start a 1001-hour blockade of
national and state highways passing through the Barak valley as part
of a multipronged plan to achieve its objective. He said
about a month ago, the BGP spurned an offer by Assam Chief Minister to
set up a Barak Valley Development Council (BVDC) to meet the
political aspirations of the predominantly Bengali-speaking
inhabitants of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts.
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