With 23 Scheduled Tribes, Assam has the most number of tribal autonomous councils in India. With the second phase of polling behind us, the burning issues of the autonomous council and its people remain unaddressed even regional opposition is slowly giving way to mainstream politics. We took a......

Assam’s Tribal Autonomous Councils: Tribal, yes. Autonomous? Not so much
Although the Rabha Hasong Council Act and Rabha Accord was signed in 1995, the Rabhas never found any protection like Dimasas, Bodos and Karbis under the Sixth Schedule of the constitution.