Guwahati, Sept. 9 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the prolonged logjam over caste certificates for the tea tribe and Adivasi communities has been resolved.

The understanding was arrived at following discussions with the Assam Tea Tribe Students' Association and the All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA).

CM Sarma added the government would issue a notification at the earliest.

The end to the imbroglio came after AASAA members staged a protest along NH-37 at Makum in Tinsukia district, asking for caste certificates based on specific Adivasi identities instead of broad categorisation currently in use.

The argument of the protesters hinged on the fact that the government's policy of issuing OB...