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Assam Govt to Table Mehta Commission Report on Assam Agitation After Decades
Nov 24, 2025The Assam government has decided to table the long-awaited Mehta Commission Report—an inquiry into violence during the historic Assam Agitation—in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, Sarma said this will mark the first instance of a report prepared by a non-government commission being placed before the Assembly. The five-day session begins on Tuesday.
The Justice (Retd.) T. U. Mehta Commission was constituted by Mukti Jujaru Sanmilan along with leaders of the Assam Agitation to examine incidents of violence during the six-year anti-infiltration movement that culminated in the 1985 Assam Accord. Sarma said the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) had urged the government to make the report public “so that people can know all sides.”
The Cabinet has also cleared the circulation of the Tewary Commission Report, which investigated the violence that erupted in 1983. Although the Tewary Report was tabled in 1987 by then Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, only one copy was submitted at the time, restricting legislators’ access. “On Tuesday, copies will be provided to all MLAs and others as well,” Sarma said.
Both reports were technically in the public domain but never widely disseminated, the chief minister noted. He described the Tewary Commission’s findings as “generally neutral and compiled through much hardship.” Despite some criticism of AASU in the report, the students’ body has supported its release.
Sarma accused the Congress of attempting to block the publication of the documents out of political considerations but asserted that “there is nothing in the report that will politically benefit the BJP.” Calling the documents “historic,” he added, “It is a crime against humanity to hide history.”
The Cabinet has additionally approved around 27 Bills to be introduced in the forthcoming session. These include proposals for land allotment to tea garden workers, regulation of fees in minority-run private educational institutions, and the establishment of a philanthropic university by the Azim Premji Foundation.
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