Citizenship : Part -2

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Kuljeet Kaur

( I know it's a big text , jitna theek lage , selective reading kr lo , baaki m bta dungi iske baare m next lesson m) What is Assam Accord? The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985.The accord brought an end to the Assam Agitation and paved the way for the leaders of the agitation to form a political party and form a government in the state of Assam soon after.Some of the key demands were – All those foreigners who had entered Assam between 1951 and 1961 were to be given full citizenship, including the right to vote.Those who had done so after 1971 were to be deported; the entrants between 1961 and 1971 were to be denied voting rights for ten years but would enjoy all other rights of citizenship.A parallel package for the economic development of Assam, including a second oil refinery, a paper mill and an institute of technology, was also worked out.The central government also promised to provide ‘legislative and administrative safeguardsto protect the cultural, social, and linguistic identity and heritage’ of the Assamese people.Though the accord brought an end to the agitation, some of the key clauses are yet to be implemented, which has kept some of the issues festering.