Boko, Oct 31: The Rabha Hasong Sixth Schedule Demand Committee is set to hold its 7th tri-annual conference on December 29 and 30, 2025 at Satpara village under Boko-Chaygaon constituency in Kamrup district.
During the conference a decisive resolution will be taken regarding the community’s role in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections.
Marking the beginning of the conference preparations, a ceremonial symbolic poll (Laikhuta Sthapon) set up was held on Friday at Satpara public playground, organised jointly by the Rabha Hasong Sixth Schedule Demand Committee, All Rabha Students’ Union (ARSU), Rabha Mahila Parishad and several other affiliated organisations.
The flag was hoisted by Sonaram Rabha, chief executive member of the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council.
Speaking on the occasion, ARSU president Motilal Rabha appealed to all communities of the region to extend cooperation and guidance to ensure the success of the upcoming session.
He further stated that the long-pending demand for inclusion of the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution will be strongly reiterated before Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the conference.
The Rabha organisations will also deliberate on future strategies to intensify the movement if the demand remains unfulfilled.
Sixth Schedule Demand Committee president Dashanan Rabha reminded that the committee was formed in 2003 and has been relentlessly agitating since then.
Issuing a stern warning, he declared that unless the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council is accorded constitutional protection under the Sixth Schedule, the organisations will be compelled to adopt a decisive course of action in the 2026 Assembly elections.
He stressed that all Rabha bodies and allied organisations will come together to chalk out a united strategy on this matter.
The symbolic poll (Laikhuta Sthapon) set up ceremony was attended by Executive Members of the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council, including Arjun Chetry, Ramakanta Rabha, Aditya Rabha, along with ARSU working president Pradip Rabha and several local leaders and residents.
