What does BTC mean in Council?

Bodoland Territorial Council

The Bodoland Territorial Council is a territorial privilege established according to the Memorandum of Settlement of February 10, 2003. BTC came into existence immediately after surrender of BLTF cadres. The BLTF laid down their weapons on December 6, 2003 under the leadership of Hagrama Mohilary and Hagrama was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member on December 7, 2003. The BTC has 12 electorate members each looking after a specific area of control called somisthi. The area under the BTC jurisdiction is called the Bodoland Territorial Area District. BTC constitutes 70% of Tribal people who are in against of Bodoland Creation. They are in demand of cancel villages having less than 50% Bodo people from BTC. The BTAD is to consist of four contiguous districts — Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri and Chirang — carved out of seven existing districts — Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darrang and Sonitpur — an area of 27,100 km². That the BTAD is created under the sixth schedule of the Constitution of India has been opposed by some organizations.

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