GUWAHATI: In a press conference on 19th August, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) announced the formation of an 18-member ''Assam Advisory Committee'' to suggest on the two organisations' future course of action.
The committee comprising of eminent citizens are to fix the academic, social, economical and political discourse of AASU in order to protect the future of the indigenous people of the state.
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The committee comprises of eminent litterateur and former Rajya Sabha member Nagen Saikia, Padma Shree Awardee Arup Kumar Dutta, former Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, filmmaker Jahnu Barua among others as members.
Former Gauhati University professor Krishnagopal Bhattacharya and former professor of Handique Girls' College Basanta Deka are to be the convenors of the committee.
Lurinjyoti Gogoi, GS of AASU and Palash Changmai, GS of AJYCP will function as the coordinators for the initial activities of the committee.
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"The non-political nature of AASU and AJYCP will remain. Now, what we can do being in AASU, that will be advised by this committee," said chief advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya.