The Bodo movement: - a struggle for identity or an "unlawful association "
On November 26, 2019, the Indian Government extended its ban on NDFB (National Democratic Front of Bodoland) for another 5 years; the result of a series of violent activities involving killing, extortion and been accused of joining hands with anti-national forces. This group is also referred as "unlawful association " by the ministry. This is one of the examples of a political discourse all around the world where a certain minority group had felt threat to their identities and started a movement. Bodos are the only largest tribal community in assam consisting of 5-6 percent of its population. the Bodo territorial area district (BATD) consist of four districts in assam viz Kokrajhar, Baksa, udalguri and chirang . They speak a Tibeto-Burman language. The Bodo's land Dispute The dispute started in 1980s where they started to demand for a new land an...