[Assam] ATASU appeal to retain ‘Assam’ - The AT

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              ATASU appeal to retain ‘Assam’
By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Feb 19 – The All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (ATASU) has made an appeal to the people of the State not to use Asom as the English name of the State instead of Assam. In a statement here, the ATASU said that the State Government changed the State’s name into Asom replacing the historically important Assam, without there being a consensus on the issue. It has also sent a proposal to the Central Government to approve the new name using the majority the Congress and its partner BPPF (H) have in the State Assembly after endorsing the Cabinet decision on the issue through a voice vote, said the students’ body.

It has alleged that with this act, the State Government has hurt the sentiments of the Tai Ahoms, who are the builders of the Assamese nationality and several other ethnic groups, besides, violating the provisions of the Indian Constitution.

To justify its act, the Government has been describing the State’s name Assam as a product of the British colonial rule. But, many scholars with the help of historical records have proved this assertion of the Government wrong. Several of the ex-presidents of the Asam Sahitya Sabha and leading people have joined hands with many of the organizations of the State to raise the demand for keeping Assam as the English name of the State. 

Meanwhile, a case is also pending in the court challenging the State Government’s unjustified decision to change the State’s name to Asom. But regrettably, a section of the print media has been using Asom as the English name of the State even as unanimity on the issue and the Constitutional justification for it are still awaited, said the students’ body.
            
























  
 				
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