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Assam Gorkhas to pursue forest-dweller status with Centre

Guwahati: The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP) will approach the Centre to seek recognition of eligible members of the Gorkha community in Assam as Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs) under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, following a meeting with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. A BGP delegation, led by its Assam State Committee chief advisor and […]