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BTC to oppose Bandh culture - A great move

By BandanBharadwaj |

Kokrajhar : Finally there is a move to oppose the Bandh Culture in Assam. This has been initiated by the Bodoland Territorial Council ( BTC).

BTC chief Hagrama Mahilary conveyed on Tuesday morning that it has taken a decision to cancel all trade licences of business establishments which support bandhs by closing their establishments. He said that this move was necessary to get out of the Bandh Culture that the state is plunging into.

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Submitted by YK Shrestha on Tue, 21/08/2007 - 11:23
That's a good and WISE move I must say. But, who is going to protect the traders if they don't ashere to the bandh callers?

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