Relevance of Article 244 (A) for Assam hill tribes and the politics

Congress Party leader promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution to safeguard the interests of the people in Assam’s tribal-majority districts.

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Article 244(A) allows for creation of an ‘autonomous state’ within Assam in certain tribal areas.

Inserted into the Constitution in 1969, it also has a provision for a Legislature and a Council of Ministers.

The Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969, inserted new article 244A in the Constitution to empower Parliament to enact a law for constituting an autonomous State within the State of Assam and also to provide the autonomous State.