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Raijor Dal : Promise for farmer’s commission, full literacy in state

A ‘vision document’ was released on Wednesday by the newly formed Raijor Dal which is led by jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi, that promised to set up a farmers’ commission to resolve their problems and attain 100 per cent literacy in the state, if the party comes to power in the upcoming Assam assembly election.

Bhasco De Saikia the working president of Raijor Dal released the document, and said that the party will initiate a universal health insurance scheme and formulate laws to safeguard the media and whistleblowers, if voted to power.

Over the controversial illegal immigrant matter, it expressed that all those who have come to the state before March 25, 1971, will be accepted as per the Assam Accord, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will be rejected and an error-free National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be issued.

The vision document will be presented to the people of the state by the party, which will act as the party’s guiding force, said Saikia.

According to the vision document, the problems of the farming community of Assam will be studied by the proposed farmers’ commission and will also solve them.

It also planned to have full literacy in the state by making sure that 100 per cent enrollment of children in schools are done and prevent drop outs until they pass the 12th standard, and increase allocation to the education sector by many times.

A universal health insurance will be introduced by the party for all people of the state and the economically backward will be placed in a special health scheme as per the document.

If the Raijor Dal comes to power in the election, stringent laws will be brought according to the vision document, for the safety and security of journalists, RTI activists and other whistleblowers of the society.

Steps will be taken to develop industry, infrastructure, flood control mechanism and other sectors.

The vision document was prepared by Padma Bhushan awardee filmmaker Jahnu Barua, retired Principal of Cotton College Sitanath Lahkar, retired Principal of Gauhati Commerce College Ghanashyam Nath, eminent educationist Indrani Dutta and noted doctor Narayan Sharma.