New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- Bodo organisations held a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, demanding the timely implementation of the Bodo Accord and the passage of the 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill.

As Bodo organisations held a protest over their demands, Dipen Boro, President of the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), said that more than half a dozen clauses of the 2020 peace deal have not been properly implemented. He urged that the financial and administrative powers of the Sixth Schedule councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram be strengthened.

"... As per the 125th Amendment and Article 280, the financial and administrative powers of Sixth Schedule councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram must be strengthened.....