Bodoland Territorial Council

This article is about the council which controls the Bodoland Territorial Region. For the region and proposed state, see Bodoland.

Bodoland Territorial Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Deputy Chief
Speaker
Katiram Boro
Structure
Seats46 (40+6)
Political groups
Government (33)

NEDA (33)

  •   UPPL (16)
  •   BJP (14)
  •   GSP (1)[2]
  •   Appointed (6)

Opposition (9)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
7-10 December 2020
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Bodoland Secretariat,
Bodofa Nwgwr, Kokrajhar
Website
www.bodoland.gov.in
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The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is an autonomous council for the Bodoland Territorial Region established under 6th Schedule of The Constitution of India according to the Memorandum of Settlement between Bodoland Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF) and Government of India and Government of Assam.

The BTC has 40 elected members and an additional six members that are appointed by the Governor of Assam. The area under the BTC jurisdiction is officially called the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD). The region falls within the geographical map of the least developed region in India. The agro-based economy is the only source of livelihood of the people. Industrialisation and other employment opportunities are scant.

The Bodoland Territorial Council is headed by a Speaker and the executive committee is chaired by a Chief Executive Member, currently Pramod Boro.

The BTC consists of five contiguous districts — Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang, Tamulpur — carved out of seven existing districts — Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darrang and Sonitpur — an area of 8970 km2 (11% of Assam land area i.e. 78,438  km2) comprising various protected tribal belts and blocks in Assam. Its establishment was under the Amended Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India.[4]

  1. ^ "Assam: Governor takes over Bodoland Territorial Council in absence of term end polls". Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Executive Members".
  3. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (28 February 2023). "'Bodoland People's Front to go solo in 2024 Lok Sabha polls' - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "BTC Accord". 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.