Guwahati, June 30 -- Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, BTC chief and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) President Pramod Boro said that in the line of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "Viksit Bharat", they also want to make Bodoland as "Viksit Bodoland".

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Pramod Boro said that the election in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is not for political power.

"Our party, UPPL, is coming into power with an agenda to develop the region, to protect our identity and culture, to promote our language and literature. It was the long-standing demand of the Bodo people for a separate territory since 1967, and in 1987 All Bodo Students' Union started agitation, and through this ...