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Bodoland Movement Day observed

The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) remembering the Bodoland separate statehood demand agitation, observed 29th Bodoland Movement Day on Wednesday at Borlaogaon in Chirang district. 

The observation was organized centrally by ABSU in association with Bijni anchalik committee ABSU where thousands of common public and students thronged. 

The students union started it's mass movement demanding separate Bodoland statehood on March 1987 under the bold leadership of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, the then president of ABSU and since then the students union every year has been observing the day as Bodoland movement day to mark the day. 

An open session was organized on the day to mark the observation. 

Pramod Boro, president of the ABSU while attending the observation said that the student union and common masses of Bodoland region have been demanding separate Bodoland statehood to meet good governance and healthy living. He has urged the government to take stern step to create new small states including Bodoland through political dialogue across the country to pave way healthy administration in the country.

Dhiren Boro, president of NDFB (P), Santash Kaklary, president Bijni district Bodo sahitya sabha were prominent speakers on the day. 

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