Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday (November 30, 2025) accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of stoking conflict between the six communities that demand Scheduled Tribe status and the existing Scheduled Tribe (ST) groups of the State. He claimed that the report submitted by the government in the State Assembly on Saturday (November 29) on the demand for ST status was unable to convince that the rights of the existing ST communities would remain intact.
A Group of Ministers (GoM) submitted its report in the Assembly on Saturday (November 29)on the demand for ST status by six communities—Tai Ahom, Chutia, Moran, Matak, Koch-Rajbongshi and Tea Tribes (adivasis). If these communities are granted ST status, they will come under reservation in education and jobs.
Mr. Gogoi, the party’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, said in a post on X that the “Congress has supported the claim that six indigenous communities of the State must be declared as ST without affecting the rights and privileges of the existing ST groups”.
An Assembly resolution to this end was passed during the last Congress government, he said, referring to a motion adopted under his father and Assam’s three-time and longest serving Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s administration.
