A'chik body says 'no' to demand for new district
TURA: The Achik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM), formed by ex- GNLA outfit chairman Champion R Sangma, has put its foot down maintaining that a demand for a new district in the plain-belt area of West Garo Hills sought by current Rajabala Congress MLA Azad Zaman does not hold any ground.
The MLA this week submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma seeking the creation of a new district under Rajpur (Wadagokgre) in West Garo Hills.
The Rajabala Constituency is a minority populated area and they don't own or possess the ownership of land of their own. If these people do not possess their own land then it is impractical to demand for the creation of new district," AHAM said in response to Zaman's demand.
AHAM also alleged that 50 per cent of the population in the area demanded by the legislator for a district happened to be settlers from either Bangladesh or Assam and demographically is not even sufficient for a C&RD block or a sub-division.
"Rajabala is part of the GHADC and the entire region belongs to the Garo community, and as such the demand for the creation of a new district goes against the sentiments of the Garo community and other sub- tribes," stated AHAM.
According to the NGO, a similar demand had been made during the previous government led by Mukul Sangma, which was also not considered.
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