Jorhat, October 24: The Chutia Yuva Sanmilan, Assam has announced a mass protest in Titabor on October 25, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Chutia community. The protest marks a renewed phase of agitation as frustration grows over what the community describes as repeated “betrayals and neglect” by successive governments.

Addressing a press conference, a representative of the organisation said that the Chutia community has been demanding ST recognition since 1979, yet no government has taken any concrete step to fulfil their demand.

“For 45 years, we have appealed for ST status, but every administration has failed us. Even the current government has not moved forward on the issue,” he said.

The representative recalled that in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a pub

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