Shillong, Dec 13: The A·chik Conscious Holistically Integrated Krima (ACHIK) has called the demand for creation of a minority regional council in Garo Hills “politically motivated” stating that the demand is divisive, unconstitutional, and detrimental to the traditional and constitutional rights of the indigenous tribe.

Representatives of the Hajong, Koch, Rabha, Boro, and Mann communities under the Regional Council Demand Committee (RCDC) had recently petitioned Meghalaya Governor Chandrashekhar H Vijayashankar to create a regional council for minority tribes citing constitutional provisions.

ACHIK said Garo Hills already functions under the special provisions of the Sixth Schedule and any attempt to carve out a separate minority regional council within this framework is not only impra

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