At a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday, a number of decisions were taken related to the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) and the Bodo people residing across the state.
The Assam government through an ordinance decided to accord Bodo as an associate official language of the state.
“Decision taken to make Bodo associate official language in Assam through an ordinance,” a communique from the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has also asked the BTR authority to extensively use Assamese along with Bodo and English on signboards across the BTR, which was earlier known as Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD).
In addition to this, the Cabinet also decided to request the State Election Commission to schedule the postponed BTR election in December 2020.
The election to the 40-member BTR was scheduled on April 4, but it was postponed indefinitely due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi assumed administration of the Council on expiry of its five-year term on Apr 27, 2020.
Several other decisions pertaining to the current scenario of the state were also taken in the cabinet meeting.
