Published on : 19 Nov 2025, 2:25 pm

Guwahati : Members of the Limbu-Tamang community staged a large rally at Biswanath crossroads, with over a thousand participants demanding recognition as a Scheduled Tribe (ST). The protesters appealed to the government to implement a five-point charter of demands focused on tribal status, constitutional safeguards, and social and economic development.

Community leaders emphasised the necessity of ST status to preserve cultural identity and gain access to reservation benefits, political representation, and welfare programmes. They warned that without formal recognition and tribalisation, the Limbu–Tamang people risk continued marginalisation and exclusion from developmental opportunities.

The demonstration was marked by peaceful yet firm expressi

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