AATASU protest demanding ST status

A students union of the Tai Ahom community today staged a sit-in in front of the deputy commissioner's office here demanding the inclusion of the community in the scheduled tribe list.
The All Assam Tai Ahom Students Union (AATASU) also demanded that the Centre make public the agreement between it and the NSCN groups on the 'Nagalim' (greater Nagaland) issue, which has been a matter of concern for Assam for the past several years.
'Nagalim' consists of all the Naga-inhabited areas of neighbouring Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Maynmar.
AATSU demanded that Tai Ahoms be included in the ST list along with five others - Chutias, Matak, Koch, Tea Community, and Moran as they "genuinely" seserve to be included in it.

"We will be compelled to take up an intensive agitational programme against the step motherly attitude of the Central Government for granting ST status to the six communities," AATSU president Kumud Gogoi said.
The students union also demanded protection and preservation of historical monuments in the state.