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THE RECENT ASSAM PROTESTS OVER CAA

ASSAM STATE

ASSAM POPULATION

• 3.09 crores
• As per 2011 census Bengali speaking population  of Assam is a little above 91 lakhs, which is about  29% of the total population of Assam.
• About 31% of the Bengali speaking people are  Hindus.

ASSAMESE THE STATE LANGUAGE

• On December 23, 2019, the Assam  Cabinet nodded to make Assamese  language the state language of Assam.
• This will exclude BTAD (Bodoland  Territorial Administrative Districts), Barak  Valley and Hill districts of Assam.

BODO PEOPLE AN ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP

MAIN POINTS

• The cabinet has also suggested that Assamese will  be made compulsory in all schools of Assam.
• The move comes in the wake of rising insecurities  among Assamese population in the state. After the  passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill, there has  been an increased wave of insecurity in the  Brahmaputra Valley

ARTICLE 345

• In order make the move successful, the  Central Government will now have to amend  Article 345.
• If amended the article will remove fears of  people fighting for their rights to culture and  language in the region.
• Article 345 says that subject to provisions of Article 346 and 347, the  state legislature might adopt one or more languages to be used as official  languages.
• Article 346 states that the states are authorized to decide on the  language of communications amongst them and with the centre.
• However, such a language should have been authorized by the centre
• Article 347 provides special provisions to language spoken to a section of  a population.The President if satisfied shall assent on usage of the  language.
• The factor of amendment comes in as the Assam Government intends to  exclude a section of the state which is against the current constitutional  provisions.

LOCAL ISSUES WITH THE DECISION

• It will effectively mean that in the near future,  children across the valley will have to learn  Assamese even if they consider Miya, Sadri,  Nagamese, Nepali, Bengali and other languages  as their mother tongue.

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