Guwahati, Aug. 2 -- The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has alleged that the state government is deceiving regarding the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for six indigenous communities.

Addressing a press conference, APCC Working President Roselina Tirkey said that the BJP and the state government have been continuously misleading the people of the Moran, Matak, Ahom, Chutia, Koch-Rajbongshi, and Tea Tribes in the name of granting ST status.

Tirkey stated that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has no real commitment to the indigenous people of Assam and accused him and the BJP of being at the centre of lies and betrayal. Instead of resolving critical national issues, they are intent on creating unrest in Assam, she added.

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