Members of the Bodoland Students’ Union in Kokrajhar.
KOKRAJHAR, January 17:. KOKRAJHAR, January 17: The Bodoland Students’ Union (BSU), a new student wing of BTC region was formed on January 17 after the formal declaration in the first convention for formation of a new student union held at Debargaon near Bodoland University by the Chief of BTC and BPF President– Hagrama Mohilary. The convention for formation of a new student body was held under the aegis of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). The BPF, as part of its resolution adopted in Gossaigaon convention of the party has decided to form the new student union to assist the party in implementing its principles and ideas in all fronts.
Swgwmsar Basumatary of Kokrajhar became the first president of the BSU with Bonjit Manjil Basumatary of Bijni, Chirang as General Secretary. The total strength of the new student union is 195.
The open meeting which was chaired by former Chairman of the Central Selection Board (CSB) and Ex–Principal of Debargaon Higher Secondary School–Karendra Nath Brahma was addressed by the Chief of BTC– Hagrama Mohilary as chief guest. In his address, Mohilary said the new student body was formed to work for welfare of student community in BTC region and they will look after the genuine problems of the students and take necessary steps to address it. He said the BSU will voice for the progressive academic standards for every level and to extend expressive and possible suggestions towards infrastructural development and academic in all streams of studies in BTC, Assam and across India in line with international standard of quality and to pave the way for the new and coming generations to dedicate in destroying communal violence and help to create an environment of strong national integration and national understanding. The BSU will work for encouragement of student community and young generation irrespective of caste and creed and to work unitedly for social justice and communal harmony to enable peaceful co–existence. Besides, the BSU will work for eradication of social evils like superstition, witch hunting, dowry system, etc and to eradicate the bandh culture which has affected the education.
Talking to reporters, Mohilary said that the BPF will not use the new student body in political purposes but they will work only on academic line. He also said the student body will carry out the pro student activities including the issue of separate state of Bodoland. He also hoped that the BSU will be able to deal with the social issues and problems of the students. On the Rajya Sabha elections, he said that the BPF will discuss the issue with the Chief Minister of Assam–Tarun Gogoi shortly and will finalize the candidate if green signal is found. He further said the candidate for the Kokrajhar Parliamentary seat has not been finalized and it would be announced when the date for the elections is declared by the Election Commission of India.
The open meeting was inaugurated by the MLA of Kokrajhar and Vice–President of the BPF– Pramila Rani Brahma and was also addressed by the Transport Minister of Assam–Chandan Brhama, Rajya Sabha MP–Biswajit Daimary. The meeting was attended by MLAs, BTC EMs, MCLAs and party leaders.
The new student union would be constituted in four tiers in line with the BPF. The four tiers will include–Central committee, district committee, blocks committee and primary committee. Every level of the BSU committee will intimidate all decisions to the concerning parent committee of BPF which should be forwarded to central committee of BPF.
BPF forms students’ wing
– The buzz: New union created to counter All Bodo Students Union
Members of the Bodoland Students’ Union in Kokrajhar on Friday. Telegraph picture
Kokrajhar, Jan. 17: The Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) today formally declared the formation of its students’ wing — Bodoland Students’ Union (BSU).
BPF party president and BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary declared the formation of the students’ body and also announced names of the executive members at a public meeting held at Debargaon in Kokrajhar today.
The meeting was presided over by Kharendra Nath Brahma, former principal of Deborgaon Higher Secondary School and senior BPF leader, and attended by party leaders and workers, including Assam transport minister Chandan Brahma, Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary, MLAs Pramila Rani Brahma and Emanual Mushahary among others.
Swgwmsar Basumatary of Kokrajhar was named the president while Banjit Manjil Basumatary of Bijni the general secretary. Sanjay Narzary has been named the publicity secretary and Jayanta Brahma the treasurer of the union.
The students’ union was formed on the lines of the NSUI, ABVP, SFI, Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, Trinamul Chhatra Parishad and will comprise students of all communities.
The BSU will comprise four tiers on the lines of the BPF. The four tiers will include the central, district, block and primary committees. Every level of the BSU committee will convey all decisions to the related parent committee of the BPF which should be forwarded to the central committee of the BPF.
In his speech, Mohilary said the party has decided to form the students’ union to assist the party in implementing its principles and ideas.
He said the union would work for the interest of the student community and to pave the way for the new and coming generations to dedicate themselves in ending communal violence and help create an environment of strong national integration and understanding among different sections of people.
Mohilary said the union would aim at dealing with various difficulties and problems of students and different social issues. .
Assam transport and tourism minister Chandan Brahma said the union would be able to uplift the students of the region.
In her speech, MLA Pramila Rani Brahma said the students’ body would work for the student community irrespective of caste, language and religion residing in the BTAD.
The newly appointed president of the BSU, Swgwmsar Basumatary, urged the people to support them for the uplift of the student community.
Though the BPF leaders, including its president, said the new union has not been formed to confront other students’ unions, many said the BSU was formed to counter the All Bodo Students Union (Absu) with which the ruling party is not on good terms because of differences in ideology.
Hagrama to form new student body
Dec 1 – To solve the various problems of the students in the Bodo belt, BTC chief Hagrama Mahilary is going to form a new student organization which would be named as Bodoland Students’ Union (BSU) under the banner of his party Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) on December 5 at Bodoland University in Kokrajhar.
Mahilary announced it today at a public meeting at Subaijhar under Bijni sub-division in Chirang district. Addressing the gathering the BTC chief said that the ABSU’s agitation for Bodoland is nothing but a political tactic aiming at 2014 Lok Sabha poll. Mahilary also criticized the ABSU president Pramod Boro and said that ABSU is more active in politics rather than the welfare of the students in the BTAD.
The new student body would be formed from four BTAD districts and 10 sub-divisions, Hagrama said.
Deputy Chief Khampa Borgoyari said that the AKRSU, Bengali Youth Student Federation and ABSU only voice on political issues instead of the student issues. Hence, he supported the initiative to form the new student body by Hagrama Mahilary. Minister Chandan Brahma also criticized the ABSU leaders.
However, Chirang district ABSU president Jayanta Basumatary said that responsible person like Hagrama Mahilary should not criticize any leader on personal matter.
HAGRAMA CRITICIZES BODOLAND DEMAND OF ABSU
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BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary’s statement has indeed desecrated Bodofa UN Brahma’s dream. Having heard his self-destructive verbal jargon, I feel there is no reason to let our revolutionary spirit down rather we should lift up the spirit and celebrate this day for he has finally scripted his downfall. Should we not rejoice and say, “Thou shall not rise again? A lost sheep!” His unseasoned raucous and noisy rhetoric should not create any unnecessary tremor. Frankly, Hagrama is neither a spokesperson nor a leader of the community who commands wide respect. He is just a politician, and politicians have the art of surprising people. At times, they are adept in exploiting people’s emotions. What is being circused in Kokrajhar today is one of his many political misadventures. It is second in the series. Last year, if I am not factually wrong, he made a similar ridiculous tongue twisting exercise saying, “only the NDFB is fighting for Bodoland” in a public gathering in Udalguri. Such noises will keep flowing in the comings days.
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Bodoland movement is a poll gimmick: Mohilary
September 7: Dropping a bombshell, BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary on Saturday said that the demand for separate Bodoland is just a poll gimmick and the entire movement for the same will die down as soon as the notification for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is announced. Addressing a public meeting at Kokrajhar, Mohilary stated that Delhi, Dispur and even the organizations like the ABSU, BPF and others which have been agitating for the separate Bodoland demand are well aware that Assam will not be divided further to create separate States. “The Bodoland movement is just a ploy of the Congress–led government both at Delhi and Dispur to defeat BPF in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. With the announcement of the notification for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bodoland statehood movement will automatically end,” Mohilary said, adding, “The Bodoland movement is a politically motivated one.” According to Mohilary, there is right now no question of creation of separate States in the country as the Congress–led UPA government has not taken any concrete steps in this regard. The BTC chief, however, urged the people of ‘Bodoland’ to maintain peace and social harmony.
The man who people mistakenly treated as a leader has proved himself a political novice who does not have any imagination to lead the masses. His today’s tongue twisting exercise has already scripted his downfall- a reason for celebration. It is upto the people when and how to celebrate the dead of his immature political innings. The empire he imagined to erect will also go down in history- a chapter that will have no readership.
The un-unanimity among the Bodo political parties and other social organisations having ‘BODOLAND MOVEMENT’ has really disappointed the common Bodo people.Truly speaking, it was never expected.what common people expected was unity and no more division among themselves.It’s true, having a separate homeland is not an easy matter but at the same time there is nothing to loss confidence since we’ve our rights and provisions in the constitution.Many of our heroes have sacrificed their lives for the sake of having own homeland and self determination without caring about their lives and families.so, now the question is, did their lives worth nothing and should we now drop the idea of having homeland merely for the selfish motives of the so called leaders????
A BIG NEVER…!! *We are born to be warriors and we’ll fight so long as we’ve the last drop of blood and breath in us. *Now what we need to do is to have patience and persevere with unity util we reach our Goal,a goal of having own homeland for self determination and we do know .. our goal is not at faraway. My brothers be a true HERO and never lose the spirit of HEROISM.
“JAI BORO HARINI”
A hosts of dumb illiterates the present BPF formerly BLT are the one who kicked off ABSU’s Bodoland movement and sold the Land Rights of Tribal Belt & Block in BTC area in the name of BTC accord in 2003 and that’s too without the consultation with Tribal Sangha of Assam. And now, again they have started to show their true colour by ditching Bodoland, the aspirations of Bodos.
Hagrama and his followers lack a clear and concrete vision for the future of Bodo nation and they do not have any plans and policy for Bodos outside the BTC. They seem to be so short sighted that they are in the illusion that the BTC itself is the Bodoland.
They need to be reminded that the so called BTC termed by Hagrama and his party is not BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL, but BTCAD the BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL AREA DISTRICT created out of 4/5 splitted districts, I repeat “Area District”, not Bodoland as they Boast of.
Hagrama and his party worth not more than the FROGS in the WEL who lacks a sound mentality to lead and rule BODOs the great nation, and this is the time that they need to be thrown and kick out, for the better future of our nation.
To all BPF leaders take care of bald head mohilary, if necessary take him to tezpur mental health hospital. Urgently and all BNC parties join him to visit mental clinic
Even BSS falls in the same line
“The revolutionary leaders must realise that their own conviction of the necessity for struggle (an indispensable dimension of revolutionary wisdom) was not given to them by anyone else – if it is authentic. This conviction cannot be packaged and sold; it is reached, rather by means of a totality of reflection and action. Only the leaders own involvement in reality, within an historical situation, let them to criticize this situation and to wish to change it.” by Paulo freire. Friends isn’t mohilary packaging and trying to sell Bodoland demand for vote politics he is failed revolutionary from history of BLT.
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