Addressing a press conference at Bodofa House, the union’s headquarters in Kokrajhar, ABSU president Khauramdao Owary said Bodo had attained constitutional recognition in 2003 through the Bodo Accord.
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The All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) has strongly criticised the removal of the Bodo language from the Assam Legislative Assembly, calling the move an insult to the community’s identity and self-respect.
Addressing a press conference at Bodofa House, the union’s headquarters in Kokrajhar, ABSU president Khauramdao Owary said Bodo had attained constitutional recognition in 2003 through the Bodo Accord and was a language of historical and cultural significance to the community.
He said the Bodo community had struggled for decades and made significant sacrifices to secure recognition for its language. He argued that removing Bodo from the Assembly undermined those efforts and hurt the sentiments of the community.
Recalling the movement led by Bodofa Upendranath Brahma under the slogan “Assam 50-50”, he warned that such decisions could compel the Bodo people to renew their struggle for a separate Bodoland state.
Furthermore, the Bodo community respected the Assamese language and acknowledged its place in the state. However, he maintained that removing Bodo from the Assembly amounted to disrespecting the language and its speakers.
He held Assam Assembly Speaker Ranjit Kumar Das responsible for the decision and demanded that Bodo be retained in the Assembly as before.
The ABSU president reiterated that Bodo was an associate language of Assam and called on the authorities to restore its previous status in the state legislature.