The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), in association with the United Boro People Organisation (UBPO) and the Ex-NDFB Welfare Association (ENWA), held a three-hour sit-in demonstration at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on Friday. The protest was aimed at pressing the Government of India and the Assam state government to implement the long-pending clauses of the Bodo Accord, 2020, and to pass the 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019.
The sit-in followed a National Level Seminar held at the Constitution Club on Thursday, where leaders from ten Sixth Schedule councils across Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram participated. The protest highlighted the urgency of passing the amendment bill to strengthen the financial resources and administrative powers of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and other autonomous district councils.
Leaders of the Bodo movement emphasized that while peace has prevailed in Bodoland since the 2020 Accord, several promises remain unfulfilled. Over the past five years, the government has held more than a dozen tripartite review meetings in Delhi with ABSU and other organizations, including multiple discussions with the Union Home Minister, yet implementation has been slow. 
Among the key demands raised by the protestors were the passage of the 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill to improve BTC’s financial and administrative autonomy, granting ST (Hill) status to Bodo-Kachari communities in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, provincialization of schools and colleges, inclusion of more villages under BTC jurisdiction, and land rights under the Forest Rights Act. They also demanded the withdrawal of remaining cases against former NDFB members, establishment of a cultural complex in Kokrajhar, and increased recruitment of Bodo youth in government and security services.
ABSU leaders also called for the establishment of educational and infrastructure projects, including the Upendranath Brahma Central University, regional campuses of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, the National Sports University, the National Institute of Technology, medical and veterinary institutions, and new highways.
The organizations announced plans to organize a massive gathering in Kokrajhar in December 2025, expecting the participation of around two lakh people, to further press for the timely and full implementation of the Bodo Accord 2020.
Dipen Boro, President of ABSU, along with leaders from UBPO and Ex-NDFB Welfare Association, stated that the government must honor its commitments to safeguard the constitutional, political, and cultural rights of the Bodo people living in the Bodoland Territorial Region and surrounding areas.
