Panel Suggests Inner Line Permit, Quota To Placate Assam CAA Protesters

A Home Ministry-appointed committee has suggested that 1951 should be the cut-off year for defining the indigenous people of Assam and introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) to control the movement of people from outside the State, sources said on Monday.

The committee has also suggested two formulas for the reservation of seats for the indigenous people in the Assam Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies of the State, including 67% quota for them.

The high-level committee was set up by the Ministry to suggest ways to provide constitutional safeguards to Assam’s indigenous people.