GUWAHATI, Jan. 28 -- Various non-Bodo organisations of Assam started a reach-out drive on Tuesday to aware people about the issues of non-Bodo ethnic tribes residing in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR).

Informing about the initiative, Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania said, 'Today we hold a meeting at Barama and decided to carry out the drive in support of various demands. Our people will visit various villages of the BTR and discuss the issues of non-Bodo ethnic tribes. After the drive, in next month, we will stage a protest at Dispur.'

Sarania said that under the drive, they will cover more than 1,500 villages of the BTR within one month.

'Now we need a fully-fledged agenda to solve all the issues we have been facing from many days...