Bodos seek talks on separate state in India

The Bodoland State Movement Council has called for bipartite talks between the central government and those agitating for a separate Bodo state within India.

BSMC president S K Bwiswmuthiary said ''meaningful bipartite talks'' must be held between the central government and the Bodo leaders immediately on the creation of a separate state for the Bodo people through peace negotiations.

Bodo leaders were opposed to involving the Assam government in talks to find a political solution to the issue concerning Bodoland, he said.

Bodo leaders, he said, should concentrate on achieving a separate state for the oldest inhabitants of Assam and not be misled by the Assam government, and urged Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral and Home Minister Indrajit Gupta to ensure enactment of a bill in the winter session of Parliament seeking to create Bodoland as a full-fledged state.

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