ABSU begins indefinite hunger strike for Bodoland

Kokrajhar (Assam): The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and allied Bodo organisations on Friday began an indefinite hunger strike here for a separate state of Bodoland.

ABSU President Pramod Bodo said they would continue to agitate till their demand for a separate state of Bodoland was met.

Bodo said that the BJP had promised in its election manifesto and verbally that they would resolve the Bodo problem immediately if they came to power in New Delhi.

"They were voted to power and their regime in Delhi is more than two and half years now. However, the fact is that there is no initiative to materialise their promises. Rather they have stopped the very continuity of dialogue, which apparently means the regime is not willing to resolve the problem", he said.

He stated several agitational programmes if the hunger strike failed to draw response.

The other Bodo organizations include National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)(P) and Peoples Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement (PJACBM).