Guwahati, Dec 3: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday, said the long-pending demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for six communities could not be discussed meaningfully in Parliament due to political confrontation by the Opposition during the ongoing Winter Session.

Speaking at Sarusajai Stadium, after distributing appointment letters to 5,818 newly recruited Assam Police personnel, Sarma said AGP MP Birendra Prasad Baishya had raised the ST status demand and the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) report, but protests by Congress members disrupted proceedings and stalled the discussion.

“A few days earlier, they supported the ST status demand, but when they saw BJP working for the cause, they immediately turned into Opposition,” he alleged.

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