In keeping with a demand of the United Liberation Front of Asom, which is in the middle of peace talks with the Centre and the Assam government, the Union home ministry has agreed to grant Scheduled Tribe status to five communities with the greater objective of keeping illegally settled Bangladeshi immigrants at bay Source The Sangai Express Courtesy TNN Chandan Nandy
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