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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers Demand Tribal Status
Thirty six year old Padma Maheli - a tea garden worker in Upper Assam's Bokakhat area - is not literate, but dreams big for her two sons.
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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers Demand Tribal Status
Thirty six year old Padma Maheli - a tea garden worker in Upper Assam's Bokakhat area - is not literate, but dreams big for her two sons.
