RAHA , March 13 : The 12 hr Assam Bandh called by Tribal organisations of Assam from 5 am today in protest against the government's failure to fill up vacant posts reserved for Scheduled Tribes ended in the evening heavily affecting the normal life in Raha.
The vehicles both private and public plying on NH 37 were run by police under tight security arrangements. The government offices , financial institutions , shops , market and educational institutions remained closed during bandh hours.
Some untoward incidents like pelting of stones at vehicles plying on NH 37 also took place in the morning.
Apart from the other demands , the organizations have also demanded rehabilitation of the indigenous people of Laika and Dodhiya in Tinsukia district who have lost their land in erosion as well as voting rights for residents of 450 villages in Sonitpur district and 85 villages in Biswanath district in panchayat elections.
In a statement issued by the Central Commitee of Hindu Yuva Shatra Parishad over Osama Bin Laden's threat to Assam, the Parishad's president Brajen Kakati said here in Nagaon on November 6 that they would never let Laden to make Assam an Islamic state and come his dream true in such matters. He said that Hindu Yuva Shatra Parishad is ever ready to combat with such type of threat and Parishad regards this threat as Laden's far cry.He further critisized the active participation of ten Members of Legislative Assembly and two MPs of Assam with ISI and demands the government to take immediate action against them and the people of Assam to recognize these unpatriotic men as well.
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