Karbis against ST status for hill Bodos

Karbis against ST status for hill Bodos

In news:

• Assam-based insurgent group of Karbishas demanded that the Bodos in the hill areas not be given the Scheduled Tribe status as it will affect the “identity of the Karbis”.
• Recently The Home Ministry, the Assam government and Bodo groups signed the pac tto redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD)

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From Prelims Point Of View:

Karbis (Mikir) 

• One of the major ethnic communities in Northeast India( especially Assam)
• The great artist-scholar Bishnu Prasad Rabha refer to them as the Columbus of Assam