GUWAHATI: Tezpur MP Ram Prasad Sharma has written a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi demanding a notification declaring the Gorkha
community of Assam as an indigenous community of the State so that they
do not have to face the ignominy of being foreigners. In his letter, the
MP Ram Prasad Sharma said that thousands of Gorkhas have not been
included in the complete draft NRC
labelling them as foreigners. “The Gorkhas are classified as doubtful
citizens by the officials of the Assam Government, thereby causing
immense hardships and mental torture to the members of the patriotic
Gorkha community,” he said. The MP has further raised the demand for
according ST status to the Gorkhas of Assam, a demand which has already
been raised by the All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union and the Akhil Assam
Gorkha Sanmilan.
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