Autonomous State Demand Committee

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Autonomous State Demand Committee ( ASDC ; Assamese স্বায়ত্ব শাসিত ৰাজ্য দাবী সমিতি , "Committee for the Demand for the Formation of an Autonomous State") was a regional political party in the Indian state of Assam that existed between 1986 and 2012 .

Party history

Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong districts in Assam (district boundaries 2015)

The party emerged in connection with efforts to achieve autonomy in the two Assamese districts of Karbi Anglong (until 1976, Mikir Hills ) and Dima Hasao (until 2011, North Cachar Hills ), which are predominantly populated by indigenous tribes. The forerunner of the ASDC was the People's Democratic Front (PDF, "People's Democratic Front"), which was founded in 1985 in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam. According to its own statement, the PDF was intended to serve as a political representative of the tribal population in Karbi Anglong and proclaimed the goal of establishing a state of its own. From the beginning there were very close relationships with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI (ML) L, so that the PDF was largely viewed as a pure subsidiary of the CPI (ML) L. It was founded during a troubled time in Assam. Between 1979 and 1985 the Assam Movement took place there, a mass movement of local Assamese with civil resistance and disruption of public order, but also sometimes violent riots directed against the strong immigration to Assam. With the Assam Agreement 1985 ( Assam accord ) between the leaders of Assam Movement and the Indian government has reached an agreement that would end the unrest. The representatives of smaller tribal peoples in Assam, who had mostly participated in the Assam movement on the side of the Assamese, felt that their interests were not sufficiently taken into account, so that there were separate autonomy movements in Bodoland and in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao came.

Shortly after it was founded, the PDF was renamed the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) on May 17, 1986 . In the neighboring district of North Cachar Hills , an analogous party grouping emerged with the Karbi Anglong North Kachar Hills Autonomous State Demand Committee (KANCHADCOM), which, however, did not achieve the importance of the ASDC. The party ideology of ASDC (and also of KANCHADCOM) was largely exhausted with the demand for the establishment of a state of its own, which was to be formed from the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. The party therefore formed a diffuse pool of various political currents and politically dissatisfied people and channeled the demands of various groups, primarily the Karbi tribal population, who hoped that the formation of their own state would improve conditions. ASDC relied on Article 244A of the Indian Constitution , which provides for the possibility of creating a federal state from the tribal areas in Assam by means of a parliamentary law. This option had already been used several times in the history of the state of Assam. Khasi Hills District , Jaintia Hills District and Garo Hills District were transformed into the state of Meghalaya , Tripura Tribal Areas District to the state of Tripura , Chakma District , Mara District and Lai District to the state of Mizoram . In the case of Karbi Anglong / Dima Hasao, the main argument of the advocates of a separate federal state is not ethnic oppression or minorization, but the continuing economic backwardness of these areas, which, despite regional autonomy, has not improved and can only be improved by fully self-governing with all federal powers.

In the parliamentary elections in 1991 , 1996 and 1998 , the ADSC was able to win the constituency 3-Autonomous District , which includes the two districts in Assam. In the 1999 general election , the previous ASDC candidate won the constituency under the banner of the CPI (ML) L. On April 1, 1995, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Chief Minister of Assam Hiteshwar Saikia ( Congress Party ) and representatives of various representatives of the tribal population from the Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts, including the ASDC, agreed, according to which these districts had a greater degree should get to self-government. The goal of establishing a federal state was not given up by the ASDC afterwards.

On July 26, 2000 the ASDC split into an ASDC-Progressive Fraction (ASDC-P), which remained associated with the CPI (ML) L, and an ASDC-United Fraction (ASDC-U), the one pursued a more independent course. In the period that followed, there were further splits and ASDC and CPI (ML) L clearly lost political influence in the two districts.

In recent years there have been several attempts to bundle activities with a view to creating a state of their own. On November 30, 2012, the ASDC merged with several other groups to form a new political party, the Hill State Democratic Party . On February 12, 2015, former ASDC politicians, in association with CPI (ML) L officials, announced the establishment of a new Hills State Demand Council (HSDC) party.

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Braja Bihārī Kumāra: Small States Syndrome in India. Concept Publishing Co (October 1998) ISBN 81-7022-691-0 . P. 153 ff
  3. ^ Ramesh Menon, Guwahati: Tribal unrest: Karbi tribals demand autonomous state within Assam. indiatoday, September 15, 1987, accessed March 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ PART X: THE SCHEDULED AND TRIBAL AREAS: 244A. Formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas in Assam and creation of local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both therefor. (No longer available online.) In: Indian Constitution. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015 ; Retrieved on March 5, 2015 (English, "... Parliament may, by law, form within the State of Assam an autonomous State comprising (whether wholly or in part) all or any of the tribal areas specified in Part I of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule ... ", the tribal areas specified in the above paragraph are the following:
    PART I
    1. The North Cachar Hills District.
    2. The Karbi Anglong District.
    3. The Bodoland Territorial Area District.
    PART II
    1. Khasi Hills District.
    2. Jaintia Hills District.
    3. The Garo Hills District.
    PART IIA
    Tripura Tribal Areas District
    Part III
    1. The Chakma District.
    2. The Mara District.
    3. The Lai District.).
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  6. ^ Office Memorandum. (pdf) (No longer available online.) Government of Assam Hills Area Department, December 31, 1996, archived from original on April 10, 2009 ; accessed on March 5, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Barun Das Gupta: ASDC, CPI (ML) vow to continue fight for separate state. The Hindu, November 8, 2000, accessed March 5, 2015 .
  8. ^ ASDC splits in Assam. The Hindu, November 8, 2000, accessed March 5, 2015 .
  9. ^ Polls: Divided CPI-ML (L) a weak force in Karbi Anglong. (No longer available online.) Newslivetv.com, April 11, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newslivetv.com
  10. ↑ Lalkam Hengna: Demand in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao district districts. Eastern Panorama, accessed March 5, 2015 (the spelling Hill Democratic State Party is also in use).
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  12. ↑ New regional party floated. The Assam Tribune, February 13, 2015, archived from the original on June 25, 2015 ; accessed on March 3, 2015 .