The All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) on Wednesday staged a large protest rally in Kokrajhar and in around 30 district headquarters across Assam, demanding the complete and timely implementation of the Bodo Peace Accord signed in 2020. The rally drew huge participation from students, community members, and supporters who came together to raise their voices for long-pending promises made under the accord.
In Kokrajhar, the rally began from Bodofa Children Park on J.D. Road and passed through the main areas of the town before concluding at the Government Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School Playground. The participants carried placards and banners, shouting slogans in support of their demands and urging both the Central and State Governments to fulfill their commitments.
The Bodo Peace Accord, signed in January 2020 between the Government of India, the Government of Assam, and Bodo organizations, aimed to bring permanent peace to the Bodoland region and ensure socio-economic development. However, according to ABSU, several key provisions of the agreement are yet to be implemented. 
ABSU’s President, Dipen Boro, while addressing the gathering, said the rally was organized to remind the authorities about their promises and to press for the immediate execution of all clauses of the accord. “We want to pressurize the Union Government for the immediate and full-fledged implementation of the 2020 Bodo Peace Accord. If the government does not act soon, we will be forced to intensify our agitation,” he said.
Among the major demands raised by ABSU were the amendment of Article 280 and the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in line with the 125th Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2019, during the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. The union also demanded Scheduled Tribe (Hill) status for Boro-Kacharis living in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts, and full recognition of the Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council (BKWAC) through proper village notification, delimitation, and conduct of elections.
Other demands include the provincialisation of educational institutions within the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) and Bodo-medium schools outside it, inclusion of additional villages from Sonitpur, Biswanath, and the southern parts of the BTR under its jurisdiction, and land rights for tribal communities under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. The union has also sought the immediate release of ₹1,500 crore as a Special Development Package to boost infrastructure and livelihood opportunities in the region.
Boro said that the Bodo people have shown patience over the years, but the repeated delays have caused frustration among the youth. “We are not asking for anything new. We only want what was promised to us in the Accord. The government must act decisively in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament,” he added.
