North Lakhimpur, Sept. 10 -- A massive torch march was taken out by Chutia Yuva Sanmilan, Asom (CYSA) in Dhakuakhana, Lakhimpur district demanding Scheduled Tribes (ST) status in Assam.

The march was taken out on September 9 in Dhakuakhana and was led by CYSA's president Kaustabh Kishore Chutia, general secretary Palash Hazarika along with the six hundred members from Dhakuakhana, Ghilamora, Machkhowa, Bogeenadi units of the organization.

The march started from the Sati Sadhani Bhawan in Dhakuakhana covering the main roads of the sub-district headquarter with youths, women and elderly persons from the Chutia ethnic community.

Leading the torch march, the adviser of CYSA, Mahen Saikia denounced the role played by the state government in...