LOPSIDED DEVELOPMENT FOR RAJBANSHI COMMUNITIES
More than six decades after independence, India has made lot of progress economically. So, have done its neighbours Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. But, a question arises as to whether all ethnic groups of Koch-Kamata-Rajbanshi people have really made progress in real sense? While mainstream people of the respective States / Countries have made lot of progress such as Assamese in Assam, Bengali mainstream people in West Bengal, Biharis in Bihar and Nepalese in Nepal, indigenous Koch-Kamata-Rajbanshi people have lagged behind in all fields i.e. socio-economic, cultural, linguistic and most importantly, in political field. Actually, these ethnic people residing in these States from time immemorial and constitute majority, but, when question comes on their development, the answer is in negative, baffling and pathetic. The position of these people looks paradoxical at times. While states/countries are developing, these ethnic people are moving backwards. After India’s independe