PM Modi BJP committed to fulfil clauses of Bodo Accord Shah

    Kokrajhar, Jan 24 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah
on Sunday asserted that the Bodoland Territorial Region Accord
(BTR), inked a year ago, has initiated the process of ending
insurgency in the northeast.
    Attacking the Congress, Shah said that the grand old
party had signed many agreements with different militant
outfits in the past, but failed to keep the promises it made.
    "I have come here to iterate that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and the BJP are committed to fulfil all clauses
of the BTR Accord, which will pave the way for peace and
development in the region. It marks the beginning of the end
of insurgency in the region," Shah said.
    Political rights, culture and language of all
communities of Assam are secure under the BJP government, he
said, during his address on the occasion of BTR Accord Day.
    "The prime minister was in Assam on Saturday, and he
distributed land pattas (certificates) to more than one lakh
indigenous people. The state government has already made Bodo
the associate language of Assam.
    "Several measures have been taken to protect, preserve
and promote the rich culture, language and heritage of all
communities of the state," the Union minister said.
    Only the BJP, under the leadership of Narendra Modi,
can make Assam corruption-free, terrorism-free and pollution-
free, Shah added.
    The BTR Accord, designed to usher in peace in the
Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), was signed on
January 27 last year by the Centre, the Assam government, all
four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland and
the then Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary.
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