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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi explained to the parties that the proposed BTC is expected to end the simmering Bodo problem, he said.
In an unanimous resolution adopted in the meeting, the parties demanded constitutional safeguards to cover political, social, economic, cultural, educational, language and land rights of non-Bodos as well as other safeguards, he said.
"This requires suitable amendments to the sixth schedule of the Constitution," Gogoi said.
The participants were of the view that the boundaries of the proposed BTC should be demarcated with reference to a 1999 notification on the issue, the spokesman said.
Representatives of the Congress, Asom Gana Parishad, BJP, CPI, CPI-M and the CPI-ML participated in the meeting, he said.
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