| Date |
Mode of Protests |
Sponsors |
Why? |
| 15 December, 1999 ... |
Indefinite strike by transporters |
Manipur Goods Transport Association (MGTA) |
In protest against the "huge money demand" by some underground groups. An MGTA spokesman told PTI today that NSCN (I-M) had recently imposed five per cent tax on all goods transported by these agencies to Manipur. He said it was not possible to pay the new tax because already transporters were paying Rs 5000 per truck going to Imphal as taxes to NSCN (I-M). |
| 4 January |
78-hour hunger strike |
Assam State Transport Workers Co-ordination Committee |
In support of its demands. |
| 4 January |
A procession in Guwahati |
Pragjyotishpur Mahakuma Suraksha Samiti |
In protest against the State Government's decision to abolish the Pragjyotishpur subdvision. |
| 11 January |
8-hour mass hunger strike |
Assam State Transport Workers Co-ordination Committee |
In support of its demands. |
| 17 January |
Rail, NH roko |
All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and the Bodo People's Action Committee (BPAC) |
In protest against the apathetic attitude of the Central Government towards the Bodoland issue. |
| 24 January |
Protest demonstrations |
Tribal Students Federation (TSF) |
Against the 'anti-tribal attitude' of the present State Government. |
| 25 January |
Four-hour protest strike |
The employees of the Guwahati Meteorological Centre |
In protest against the non-payment of overtime allowance to the employees for the last 17 months. |
| 25 January |
Demonstration |
Family members of ASTC employees |
Demanding immediate steps to rejuvenate the public sector corporation and payment of all arrear amounts to its employees. |
| 25 January |
36-hour General strike |
Seven insurgent outfits operating in the North-eastern region, including United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the NSCN (K) |
To boycott "India's Republic Day". |
| 31 January |
Dharna |
Assam State Power Workers Union (ASPWU) |
Protesting against the bifurcation of the ASEB, privatizing it and demanding higher productions, regular electric supply, preventing wastage and corruption in the Board. |
| 31 January |
Sit-in protest |
Naga People's Movement for Human Rights |
Demanding that stalled peace talks between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim resume promptly so that a solution to separatist strife may be found. |
| 1 February |
Silent procession |
Students in Guwahati |
To protest against the beheading of school-student Varun Shandilya and the brutalisation of society. |
| 15 February |
One-day telecom strike |
Telecom employees of the North-east |
?? |
| 16 February |
Day-long strike in Ghograpar |
Teachers of elementary education |
In protest against the government's failure to implement the memorandum of settlement which was signed earlier. |
| 17 February |
Protest rally in Guwahati |
Sanmilita Mahila Suraksha Parishad, Mahila Unnayan Samiti, Morigaon, and Manab Adhikar Suraksha Samiti |
Against "secret killings". |
| 18 February |
Picketing |
Primary and secondary level school teachers of Nalbari district |
In protest against the non-fulfilment of various demands. |
| 24 February |
Court-boycott |
Major ruling and Opposition parties |
In protest against the Law Commission's recommendations regarding amendment of the Advocates Act. |
| 1 March |
Procession in Guwahati |
Assam Gana Parishard (AGP) |
To protest against terrorism in the State. |
| 2 March |
Mass rally at Guwahati |
All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU), along with other Bodo political parties and organisations including the Bodo People's Action Committee (BPAC), People's Democratic Front (PDF), All Bodo Employees' Federation and All Bodo Women's Welfare Federation |
Demanding the creation of a separate state of Bodoland. |
| 2 March |
Silent procession in Nalbari |
?? |
In protest against the killing of Forest and PWD Minister, Nagen Sarma and four others at Niz Bahjani area by ULFA militants on February 27. |
| 9 March |
Protest demonstration |
Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) |
To protest against the State Government's move to privatise the Board |
| 9 March |
Stir |
Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) |
?? |
| 9 March |
Sit-in-strike |
Gauhati University Officers' Association (GUOA) |
Demanding implementation of UGC and CPC revised pay scales for the officers of the University. |
| 10 March |
March to the Assembly |
AITUC, Nikhil Bharat Krishak Sabha and the Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union |
To protest against the economic policies being pursued in the country. |
| 10 March |
Day-long strike |
Assam Petroleum Mazdoor Union (APMU) |
In protest against extortion, harassment, no-entry restrictions on the movement of the petroleum oil tankers and non-fulfilment of their longstanding demands. |
| 10 March |
March |
Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) |
To submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister detailing their demands. |
| 10 March |
Public meeting at Gaurisagar |
Nagarik Mancha |
In protest against the killing of Forest Minister Nagen Sarmah and four others, besides other persons, and the threat held out of some ministers of Assam by the ULFA. |
| 13 March |
Class boycott |
Students of Assam University |
Protesting against the holding of different examinations ahead of schedule. |
| 14 March |
Sit-in-stir |
All Assam Private Schools Teachers' and Employees' Association |
In protest against the failure of the State government to place a bill in the Assembly governing the conduct of private schools in the state. |
| 14 March |
Protest |
Assam and West Bengal MPs of both Houses of Parliament |
To demand that the Royal Government of Bhutan stop harbouring insurgents from the North-east. |
| 16 March |
Dharna |
All-Assam State Government Undertaking Workers Union |
Demanding revival of sick government undertakings, including Assam Government Construction Corporation (AGCC), halt to corruption, integration of corporations with government departments etc. |
| 16 March |
Sit-in-demonstration |
Assam Tea Tribes' Students Association (ATTSA) |
Demanding demanding increase in wages of tea garden labourers from Rs 31.60 to Rs 49 and provision of proper education for tea community members. |
| 16-27 March |
Total non-cooperation |
Assam State Social Welfare Advisory Board Employees Association |
To protest non-payment of revised scale of pay inspite of repeated demands. |
| 22 March |
Sit-in-demonstration |
Assam Press Correspondents' Union (APCU) |
To press for immediate arrest of the killers of senior journalist of Barpeta district, Ratneswar Sarma Sastri. He was killed by unidentified gunmen in broad daylight at Jalah one month back. |
| 22-24 March |
Total ceasework |
Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) |
Demanding pay-parity with Central Government staff, not signing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for reducing Government posts by the State Government and also for withdrawal of the 'suspension' orders against Sri Charan Deka, General Secretary of SAKP and three other leaders of the organisation following their arrest and subsequent release recently. |
| 27 March |
Mass sit-in stir |
Assam State Employees' Federation |
In support to their various long-pending demands. |
| 28 March |
Sit-in demonstration |
All Assam Primary and Middle Schools Mothers Association (AAPMSM) |
In support of their long-standing demands. |
| 28 March |
Day-long demonstration |
Employees of 48 public sector undertakings (PSU) of Assam |
Demanding speedy measures to rejuvinate the PSUs in the State. |
| 29 March |
Gherao of top officers |
Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) Workers Association |
Demanding immediate release of salaries or the resignation of the top bosses. The employees have been without salaries for seven months. [AT] |
| 30 March |
Strike |
Asom Sikshak-Karmachari Samanway Samiti |
To protest against the non-fulfilment of their long-pending demands by the State government despite assurances to this effect. |
| 2 April |
Indefinite hunger strike |
Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Students Union |
Demanding fulfilment of their long-standing charter of demands which includes introduction of Bishnupriya Manipuri language as medium of introduction in the primary stage of education in the State. |
| 5 April |
Sit-in demonstration |
All Assam Students' Union (AASU) |
In protest against 'anti-people' policies of the present State government. |
| 6 April |
Rally |
Nagaon district administration |
In protest against violence let loose by the militants in the State |
| 7 April |
Protest rallies throughout Assam |
AGP & district administrations |
Opposing all kinds of terrorism in the State. |
| 9 April |
Dharna |
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) |
In protest against the price hike, growing communalism, review
of the Constitution, deterioration of law-and-order situation in Assam. |
| 11 April |
Protest rally |
Jorhat district unit of the AASU and Sangram Parishad |
Demanding release of the
two youths -- Abdul Munim and Abidur Rahman -- who had been kidnapped by
some persons in Army fatigue some days back. |
| 18 April |
Countrywide strike in three public sector banks -- Indian Bank, UCO Bank and United Bank of India |
Bank Employees' Federation of India (BEFI) |
Opposing IBA's discrimination against the total workforce of these three banks in respect of payment of arrears and new age package emanating from the seventh Bipartite Wage Settlement. |
| 18 April |
Countrywide strike in three public sector banks -- Indian Bank, UCO Bank and United Bank of India |
Bank Employees' Federation of India (BEFI) |
Opposing IBA's discrimination against the total workforce of these three banks in respect of payment of arrears and new age package emanating from the seventh Bipartite Wage Settlement. |
| 19 April |
Sit-in-dharna |
Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) |
Demanding immediate fixing of daily wages of tea labours at Rs 49 per day along with granting of wages on weekly holidays as recommended by the expert committee set up by the Government of Assam. |
| 21 April |
Protest procession |
?? |
In protest against the killing of a clerk of Chandmari treasury office, by a drunken policeman. |
| 24 April |
Procession |
CPI(ML) and URMCA |
In protest against the killings in Assam besides various other demands |
| 25 April |
Picketing |
A team of ward commissioners of Bongaigaon town led by Mr Prabhat Baishnab, Chairman of Bongaigaon Municipal Board |
In protest against return of bank loan applications of some beneficiaries. |
| 27 April |
March to the Parliament in Delhi |
Karbi Students Association (KSA) and Dimasa Students Union (DSU) |
?? |
| 1 May |
Shutters down |
Shops and business establishments in Paltan Bazar, Guwahati |
In protest against the imposition of unauthorized taxes on them by the registered lessee. |
| 1 May |
Agitation |
DU Post Graduate Students Union (DUPGSU), the DU unit of the AASU and the DU Employees' Union |
In protest against the 130 per cent hike in admission fees has entered the third day today. |
| 4 May |
Demonstration in Delhi |
Karbi Anglong-North Cachar Hills Autonomous State Demand Committee (KANCHASDCOM) |
Demanding creation of an autonomous State under Article 244(A) of the Constitution. |
| 4 May |
72-hour continuous hunger strike |
Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA) |
To press the State Government to concede its demands regarding pension and categorisation of college teachers in the State among others. |
| 5 May |
Demonstration in front of the Bangladesh High Commission, New Delhi |
AGP and the Left parties |
Demanding the arrest of the ULFA and other rebel leaders. |
| 5 May |
Protest day |
Assam State Workers' and Employees' Sanmilan (ASEWS) |
In protest against the State government's decision to retrench 5,000 employees, and the spiralling rise in prices of essential commodities. |
| 6 May |
Rally |
Students from various schools
and colleges of Golaghat town |
In protest against the failure of the Government to repair the roads and bridges
in the district for a long time. |
| 8 May |
24-hour-long strike |
Journalists and non-journalists
employees of the newspaper houses and news agencies of the
State |
In response to the call given
by the National Co-ordination Committee of Journalists and
Non-Journalists Employees' Unions. |
| 11 May |
Country-wide lunch-hour demonstration |
Food Corporation of India Employees Union (FCIEU) |
Protesting against certain policy evolved by the centre which was allegedly hampering the existence of public sector undertakings. |
| 11 May |
Day-long nationwide strike |
Ganamancha |
In protest against the policies pursued by the BJP-led Government at the Centre |
| 12 May |
Sit-in strike |
Ms Isukon Marang, wife of the late Kardik Marang, a veteran freedom fighter |
Protesting her eviction from the land she was occupying since 1994 that was allotted to her at ward No.1 of Bokakhat town under dag No 111. |
| 12 May |
24-hour total ceasework |
Sadou Asom Zila Prasashan
Karmachari Santha |
To protest the failure of the State
Government to meet their demands. |
| 20 May |
Mass casual leave |
All Assam Treasury Employees Association |
In protest against the State government's alleged failure to institute an enquiryinto
the killing of Ahindra Kalita, who was a senior accounts assistant of New Guwahati branch. |
| 22 May |
72-hour continuous hunger strike |
Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA) |
Demanding fulfilment of their various
demands. |
| 22 May |
Demonstration at Dispur |
Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) |
Demanding fulfilment of its long-standing demands. |
| 24 May |
Dharna in front of the office of the Udalguri block development officer |
Darrang district unit of All India Kisan Sabha |
To protest against the alleged ongoing corruption in the DRDA of Darrang. |
| 26 May |
Ban on movement of non-Mizos in Aizawl for two days |
Mizo Zirlai Pawl, a student's organisation in Mizoram |
To protest against the rape and murder of a Mizo girl. |
| 29 May |
Procession in Guwahati |
All Kamrup District Students Union |
Protesting against sky rocketing prices of essential commodities. |
| 30 May |
Protest by
holding an exhibition on the road in front of the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Guwahati |
Several artists |
In protest against the failure of the State Government to set up a permanent State Art
Gallery at a central location in the city. |
| 1 June |
Procession and rally in Naharkotiya |
Students of various schools of Naharkotiya |
In protest against the atrocities committed by a group of miscreants on May 30. |
| 1 June |
Gherao the Barpeta division office of the PWD (Road) |
Barpeta unit of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) |
In protest against the failure on the part of the department to repair the roads
of the district. |
| 8 June |
Peace rally in Guwahati |
Kamrup district administration |
In response to the appeal made by the Chief Ministers of North Eastern States. |
| 9 June |
Pen down, tools down |
Employees of the
Assam Oil Division |
Protesting against the increase in the weekly working hours from the
present 39.5 hours to 48 hours. |
| 12 June |
Mass protest rally |
Barpeta district All Assam Students Union (AASU) |
In protest against the Public Work Department's apathy which has resulted
in pathetic road conditions in the district. |
| 13 June |
Peace rally in Sivasagar |
Sivasagar district administration |
In response to the appeal made by the Chief Ministers of North Eastern States. |
| 16 June |
Indefinite strike |
Manipur University Officers' Association (MUOA) |
In protest against the failure on the part of the university authority to implement
the promotion scheme of the officers. |
| 20 June |
General strike |
Manipur Women's Social Reformation and Development Samaj, United People's Front (UPF)
and Manipur Tammi and Chingmee Apunba Nupi Lup |
In protest against the merciless killing of noted playwright Arambam Samarendra on June 10. |
| 29 June |
Demonstration in front of DC's office |
Congress Party |
In protest against price rise. |
| 29 June |
Demonstration at ASTC head office |
State Transport Workers' Union |
In protest against the failure on the part of the State
Government to pay salaries for seven months, and the State Government's move to allow the private
transporters to use the ASTC bus station. |
| 29 June |
Attempt to cross over to Bangladesh |
Bengali evacuees from a
makeshift camp at Kalyanpur in West Tripura |
Demanding food, materials and medicines. |
| 30 June |
Demonstration at ASTC head office |
ASTC Workers' Coordination Committee |
In protest against the failure on the part of the State
Government to pay salaries for seven months, and the State Government's move to allow the private
transporters to use the ASTC bus station. |
| 30 June |
Four-hour sit-in demonstration |
Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) |
In support of their demands for deportation of the foreign nationals, scrapping of the IM(DT) Act,
implementation of the Assam Accord, stalling the move to enact the Super TADA Bill,
solution to the State's flood problem and rejuvenation of the sick industries. |
| 3 July |
Satyagraha |
Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) employees |
In protest against the step of the Corporation authorities and the State Government to allow operation of private buses from the ASTC yard. |
| 4 July |
Protest march at Mangaldoi |
?? |
Against the alleged active support of the government of Bhutan to Ulfa and NDFB militants. |
| 5 July |
10-hour hunger strike in the guise of beggars at Dispur |
All Assam Martyrs' Family Coordination Parishad |
Democratic agitation soon if no government action was forthcoming by July 20 to meet its 12-point
charter of demands. |
| 6 July |
Mass rally at Diphu |
Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) |
To press for its demand for an autonomous state. |
| 8 July |
Sit-in demonstration |
?? |
In protest against the assault on journalist Parag Saikia by Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner
LN Tamuly. |
| 20 July |
Gherao the office of the Director of Panchayat and Rural Development |
All Kamrup District Students' Union (AKDSU) |
In protest against alleged ongoing corruption at different levels of the department. |
| 26 July |
14-hour Statewide general strike |
Voluntary organisations including different human rights groups,
students' unions, women associations and other voluntary organisations in Manipur |
In protest against the atrocities committed by the CRPF at Lamdan as well as crimes committed by
security personnel on the people during the last 20 years. |
| 25 July |
Dharna at Dispur |
Namrup Fertiliser Shramik Union |
In protest against Centre's apathy in resolving the long-pending demand of the employees. |
| 26 July |
Indefinite strike |
Karimganj Municipal Employees Association |
Demanding release of their salaries which the board failed to
pay for last six months. Some of the employees have been deprived
of their salaries for last 12 to 16 months also. |
| 27 July |
Ceasework strike |
All Manipur Jail Executives and Followers' Association |
?? |
| 27 July |
Cease-work strike |
All Manipur Jail Executive and Followers' Association |
?? |
| 31 July |
Gherao of four offices -- PWD, Treasury, Office of the Deputy Inspector of Schools and Office
of the Primary Education Officer -- of Bajali subdivision |
All Assam Students Union (AASU), Bajali unit |
To warn the officers concerned that it would be compelled to take drastic action against
the corruption going on unabated in these offices. |
| 2 Aug |
24-hour blockade of National Highway and railways |
All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU)
and the Bodo Peoples' Action Committee (BPAC) |
In protest against discriminatory treatment to the Bodoland issue by the Union Government
over the years. |
| 2 Aug |
Tonsuring of head and demonstration before Parliament, Delhi |
Bodoland MP Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmutiary |
To express his anger over the refusal by the Centre to table the Bill for creating a separate State of Bodoland. |
| 7 Aug |
Squatting before the DC's office, Dibrugarh |
Sonowal Kachari Autonomy Demand Committee, All Assam Sonowal Kachari Students Union and All Sonowal Kachari
Jatiya Parishad |
In protest against the State Govt's indifferent attitude towards
their demand of Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council. |
| 9 August |
Dispur gherao |
Bikalanga Surakha Samiti, Assam |
To highlight the various problems faced by
the handicapped people. |
| 9 August |
Dharna at the office premises of the Directorate of Secondary
Education |
Assam Vocational Teachers' Association |
Demanding, among others, payment of salaries which they have not
received for the last 26 months. |
| 11 Aug |
Two-day boycott of classes |
Gauhati University Teachers' Association (GUTA) |
In protest against non-payment of the arrear UGC pay to the teachers
of the university. |
| 18 August |
Indefinite strike |
Teachers of the
Guwahati Public School |
Demanding State Government's revised pay scale for
them. |
| 24 August |
Cease-work |
Rubber Board employees and officers, Tripura |
Following the abduction of one of their colleague, from Baludham area
under Dharmanagar subdivision of North Tripura district on August 4. |
| 25 August |
Demonstration in front of DC's office, Guwahati |
Homeguards |
Against dismissal of 548 homeguards from jobs by Assam Govt. |
| 25 August |
Agitation |
Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA) |
In protest against non-fulfilment of its various demands. |
| 26 August |
Stop plying on the Imphal-Moreh sector of
the National Highway 39 |
Private vehicles and all kinds of passenger buses
and Tata Sumos |
In protest against collection of illegal
road tax by the suspected NSCN (I-M) cadres. |
| 26 August |
Gherao the Jamuguri police station |
Over 1,000 Adivasi people of Morisuti,
Christanbasti and Bordikorai areas |
Following the picking up of as many as 17 Adivasi youths
on August 25 by the police for interrogation in connection with the
abduction of a young businessman of village Randupam (Hatinga) |
| 28 August |
Janata Bhavan gherao |
All Assam Madrassa Teachers and Employees Union (AAMTEU) |
In protest against
the government's failure to meet its 11-point charter of demands. |
| 29 August |
Sit-in stir in front of the Guwahati Doordarshan Kendra |
Residents of the RG Baruah Road |
Protesting against the failure of the State government as well
as civic bodies in solving the problem of water-logging and
flash floods in this area. |
| 29 August |
Picketing at Shillong |
KSU, the FKJGP, the SSSS and the KWWDA |
In protest against the killing of two KSU office-bearers and an
HNLC militant by the security forces on August 23. |
| 29 August |
Gheraoed the Assam State Electricity Board office |
Udalguri Regional Students' Union (an AASU unit) |
Alleging utter failure of the Board in meeting the consumers' problems. |
| 1 September |
Agitation |
Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) |
In protest against the
State Government's apathy towards the labourers of tea estates
of Assam Tea Corporation (ATC), an undertaking of Assam Government. |
| 1 September |
Fast-unto-death at Dispur |
Assam Junior College Teachers' Association (AJCTA) |
In protest against non-implementation
of its various demands by the State Government. |
| 2 September |
Sit-in-strike stir in front of DC's office, Dibrugarh |
All Assam Sonowal Kachari Students Union (AASKSU) |
In protest against State Government's apathy towards their demands including granting of autonomy to Sonowal - Kachari community under 6th Schedule of Indian Constitution. |
| 4 September |
5-hour token hunger strike at Dispur |
Bodo organisations of Goalpara and South Kamrup |
Demanding immediate grant of more power to the Bodoland Autonomous Council. |
| 5 September |
Demand day |
All Assam Middle School Science Teachers Association (AAMSSTA) |
In protest against non-fulfilment of their various long-pending demands. |
| 7 September |
Rally |
Bongaigaon District Boro Sahitya Sabha |
In protest against the killing of Bineswar Brahma, president, Boro
Sahitya Sabha and Mohini Basumatary, MLA 33 LAC on September 1. |
| 13 September |
Class boycot |
School and college students of the district of Cachar |
In in protest against the death of a college student
at Syedpur under Sonai police station in police firing. |
| 15 September |
38-hour
general strike |
Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) |
?? |
| 19 September |
Peace procession |
Nepali speaking community of Darrang district |
against on-going killings of innocent people in Udalguri area and other parts of
the State. |
| 20 September |
Eight-hour hunger strike at Dhekiajuli |
50 relatives of the 12 martyrs of 1942 |
In protest against the apathetic attitude of the state
government towards fulfillment of their long-chorised demands. |
| 20 September |
Nationwide 'work to rule' |
Telecom engineers and officers |
?? |
| 21 September |
Hunger strike |
Junior doctors of the Assam Medical College |
Demanding implementation of the Kartar Singh Committee Report
on internees doctors' residency norms. |
| 22 September |
Strike |
Assam Engineering College (AEC) students |
To fight against the uncertain
future of 180 odd students of three new disciplines in the college. |
| 23 September |
Token hunger strike |
Jorhat Engineering College Students' Union (JECSU) |
In protest against non-declaration of carry (special)
exam results held in August |
| 23 September |
Strike |
Jorhat Engineering College Students'
Union (JECSU) |
?? |
| 23 September |
Protest rally |
Assam Provincial Bank Employees' Association (APBEA) |
Against privatisation of banks and introduction of voluntary
retirement scheme in the banks. |
| 25 September |
Demonstration |
Guwahati Press Club |
To protest against
the poor telecommunication facilities and complete breakdown of
Internet services for the past 15 days or so. |
| 26 September |
blockade of the national highway |
Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) employees, Jorhat |
In protest against the State Government's
apathy towards their demands. |
| 29 September |
Rally |
National Identity Protection Committee and Apunba Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (AMKIL) |
To raise their voice for protection of territorial
integrity of Manipur |
| 30 September |
Blockade of the GS Road, Guwahati |
State Transport Workers Association |
To protest against non-release of their salaries. |
| 30 September |
Ransacking of ASEB office, Dibrugarh |
A group of irate businessmen |
To protest non-repair of an electrical transformer since the last three
days. |
| 1 October |
Agitation |
Sadou Asom Koch-Rajbongshi Sanmilan (SAKRS) |
In protest against the apathetic attitude shown by the present
Central Government as well as State Government in including the
Koch-Rajbongshis under the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list of the Indian
Constitution. |
| 3 October |
Procession |
Several thousand people of Bilasipara |
Against a section of journalists of
the area for their alleged involvement in various misdeeds. |
| 9 October |
Procession |
Asom Pradesh Mahila Congress |
In protest against the price hike of essential commodities in the State. |
| 10 October |
Cease-work |
Mail Motor Service Employees, Guwahati |
In protest against the calling of
tenders for privatising some MMS schedules where the government machinery
is running effectively. |
| 11 October |
Dharna in front of the Kamrup DC's office |
All Guwahati Subdivisional Students' Union (AGSSU) |
Ddemanding immediate lifting of the appointment ban and solution to the
flood and erosion problems in the State. |
| 13 October |
Shutters down |
Imphal traders |
To protest against the murder of a fellow businessman. |
| 15 October |
17-hour "general strike" |
Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF) |
To protest against the merger of Manipur with the Indian Union. |
| 16 October |
Strike |
Employees of the Rangiya Municipal Board |
Demanding the fulfilment of their various
long-standing grievances including payment of salaries. |
| 16 October |
Procession |
Karbi Students Union in association with
Karbi Urls Achem and Karbi Cultural Society |
In protest against allotment of land to an
'unknown' organisation by depriving poor tribal farmers. |
| 21 October |
Demonstration |
Youth Congress |
Protesting against price rise. |
| 25 October |
Sit-in-demonstration at Dispur |
Assam High School Teachers Association |
In protest against the State Governments apathy in resolving
the demands of the teachers. |
| 30 October |
Dharna in front of the office of the DC's office, Dibrugarh |
150 men and women from the roadside villages of Moran Subdivision of PWD (Roads) |
Protesting corruption at DRDA. |
| 31 October |
Procession to Raj Bhawan |
Nationalist Congress Party |
In protest against the violence
in Assam. |
| 31 October |
Fast-unto-death |
ASTC employees, Silchar |
?? |
| 1 November |
Indefinite strike |
Employees of the Rangiya Municipal Board |
Demanding removal of their various long-standing grievances, including payment
of salaries regularly. |
| 2 November |
Indefinite Tiddim road blockade |
Students and womenfolks of Bishnupur bazar, Manipur |
In protest against the government's failure to provide necessary infrastructural
facilities to the CI College since the past few years. |
| 5 November |
Fast-unto-death |
Irom Sharmila |
In protest against the imposition of Armed Forces Special Powers
Act in Manipur. |
| 6 November |
Dharna at the Judges' Field, Guwahati |
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) |
To press for their
demand for roll-back of petro prices, retention of the IM(DT) Act and against
anti-student policy of the Government, etc. |
| 6 November |
Fast-unto-death |
ASTC employees |
In protest against the non-fulfilment of their demands by the Government. |
| 6 November |
Indefinite strike |
Joint Action Committee of Bus and Taxi Owners (JACOBTO) |
To protest against the "goods tax" imposed by several underground groups. |
| 7 November |
Indefinite strike |
Journalist of Arunachal Pradesh |
In protest against the attack on Dawn Lit Post, an English daily on October 31. |
| 11 November |
Peace rally at Nalbari |
Former ULFA members from all over Assam |
In protest against the recent killings in Nalbari. |
| 13 November |
7-day Strike |
All Assam Civic body Workers Fedaration |
In protest against the failure on the part of the State Government
to implement the agreement it had signed in a meeting with the civic body
employees on July 12, 1990. |
| 15 November |
All-India bank strike |
Officers and employees of different bank |
In protest against the move for
privatization of banks, voluntary retirement scheme for bank employees and
reduction in retirement age of bank employees. |
| 16 November |
Dharna at Dispur |
Guwahati District Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
In protest against the recent massacres in the State,
and demanding the imposition of President's rule in Assam. |
| 17 November |
Fast-unto-death |
Two woman members of the Meira Paibi Welfare
Association Kangleipak (MEPWAK) |
In protest against the imposition of Armed Forces Special Powers
Act in Manipur. |
| 20 November |
Hunger strike |
Golaghat District Congress Committee |
To demand President's rule in Assam. |
| 27 November |
Peace rally |
?? |
Protesting recent killings and violence in Assam. |
| 27 November |
Strike |
Gauhati University Officers' Association (GUOA) |
For non-fulfilment of GUOA's long-standing demands regarding revised
pay scale of officers and for release of subsequent arrear within November 30, 2000. |
| 28 November |
Indefinite blockade of Dhodar Ali |
Women of Sonari |
In protest against the failure on the part of the Government to repair the road
despite repeated assurances. |
| 30 Nobember |
Dharna before Assam Tea Corporation (ATC) office |
Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (ATTSA) |
Protesting against ATC's failure to release the pending dues of the employees causing
immense hardships for them. |
| 1 December |
15-day strike |
All Assam Municipal Employees Union |
In protest against the failure on the part of the State Government
to implement the agreement it had signed in a meeting with the civic body
employees on July 12, 1990. |
| 2 December |
Agitation |
Manipur Police Commando |
Against non-payment of their allowances under the revision of pay (RoP) 1999. |
| 4 December |
Peace procession in Bongaigaon |
?? |
In protest against the November 30 massacres
in Bongaigaon. |
| 4 December |
Demonstration in front of Kamrup DC Office |
All Kamrup District Students' Union (AKDSU) |
To protest the ban of fresh recruitment in State government services. |
| 4 December |
Burning the effigy of Railway minister Ms Mamata Benerjee |
Asom Jatiyotabadi Yuba-Chatra Porisod (AJYCP) |
In protest against her "Anti-Assam policies". |
| 5 December |
Indefinite nationwide postal strike |
Postal service employees |
In protest against the Government's failure to meet their various demands. |
| 7 December |
Sit-in demonstration at Judges' Field |
All Guwahati Students Union. |
To register their protest against mindless killings of innocent people by different
armed organisations including ULFA and NDFB. |
| 8 December |
Silent procession |
Gauhati High Court Bar Association |
To protest the ongoing killings in Assam. |
| 9 December |
Token hunger strike |
All India Students Federation (AISF) |
Demanding an immediate end to the senseless killings. |
| 9 December |
Procession |
Sadia Anchalik Students' Union |
In protest against the December 7 killing at Kukurmara. |
| 12 December |
24-hour strike |
Coordination Committee of
Electricity Employees and Engineers |
To protest against the BJP-led government's move to introduce Electricity Bill 2000. |
| 13 December |
Silent procession |
Over 200 Hindi-speaking women |
In protest against the recent killings in Assam. |
| 14 December |
Peace procession in Dikhowmukh |
District administration |
In protest against the recent massacres of Hindi-speaking people in Assam. |
| 15 December |
Ceasework strike |
Manipur Fire Services personnel |
Demanding equal
benefits with Police and Manipur Rifles personnel. |
| 16 December |
Peace procession |
Assam Deaf Association |
Protesting against violence in Assam. |
| 17 December |
Peace rally |
?? |
Protesting against violence in Assam. |
| 19 December |
March |
?? |
In protest against the hooliganism by a surrendered
ULFA activist. |
| 19 December |
Procession |
Assam Engineering Service Association (AESA) |
In protest against the brutal killing of Chandra Kamal Bordoloi,
the Executive Engineer of PWD, Maibong Road Division by militants in NC Hills. |
| 21 December |
Nation-wide strike |
United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) |
In protest against what they called the "Bank Privatization Bill 2000." |
| 26 December |
Procession |
Over 100 women and students |
In protest the alleged rape of a pregnant woman, Ms Minu Konwar (28) on December 24
by two jawans. |
| 27 December |
Wildcat strike for an indefinite period |
Government doctors in south Assam's Hailakandi district |
In protest against the alleged assault on two
senior doctors by a group of miscreants at a medical sub-centre near Hailakandi
town on December 27. |
| 29 December |
Demonstration |
Various women organizations |
Protesting against violence in Assam. |
