‘It Matters’ ~ Interview with Pramod Boro, Chief Executive Member, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTR)
Biswadeep Gupta
Kokrajhar : Speaking while on the election campaign, Pramod Boro spoke to KRC TIMES Editor-in-Chief on the upcoming elections of the Bodoland Territorial Council.
From the difficult situation for Bodoland, in the last five years, there has been a visible transformation from uncertainty to certainty. Unrest to rest, violence to peace, everywhere there is peace, echoed Pramod Boro, the chief of UPPL, who is going to face the people’s mandate for the second time.
He asserted that peace and normalcy have returned, and no fear in Bodolabd now, which was prevalent earlier. We could remove all the fear from society for the people.

He highlighted the removal of trust deficit among people and that they could rebuild the society where twenty-six communities are living together, and co-exist.
Talking about governance, he said earlier, there was no effective governance system, and people were deprived. He asserts that now the governance has taken a pro-people stand, and people have more expectations from the system.
Highlighting the policy vacuum of earlier governments, but his government could implement policies on the ground effectively.

On his relationship with the Central Government, Pramod Boro stated that the Council is an intermediary and the Bodoland region has been fighting for decades for their rights, and now his government has a working relationship with both the state and central government for implementing the Bodo Accord.
He highlighted that the goal is to develop the thirty-five lakh people of the region and the twenty-six communities residing here. His party’s only focus is on the infrastructure development of the region and the people, he said.
On the development of twenty-six communities in the region, Boro stated that this is very important for guaranteeing the rights of the people as per the Constitution.
Despite the guarantees the discrimination exists, and in the last four years, the UPPL government studied the deficiencies and could come out with a ‘Vision Document’, which is a ‘Model’ for the region.
On work still to accomplish, Pramod Boro echoed social development and gaps amongst the people are to be filled, and he will continue to work on that mission, irrespective of the outcome of the election results.
He finally said that he has got the love and affection of people, which he believes his party will get the support of all twenty-six communities in order to build a better Bodoland.
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