UPPL Chief Pramod Boro has said that his party will win majority seats out of the 40-member house of the BTC Legislative Assembly elections.

With the elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) not even a week away, Pramod Boro, the veteran ABSU leader and United People’s Party Liberal Presdent, has  reiterates  that UPPL is winning absolute majority seats in the BTC elections.

Boro said that UPPL party is forming the BTC council with absolute majority for Parivartan and massive development in the region.

Pramod Boro who has launched a massive campaign keeping the upcoming BTC Elections in mind to bring change in the region has attracted large gatherings, particularly of women and youth who see the merits of his focus on creating jobs and developing horticulture, agriculture, handloom, and handicrafts infrastructure.

In addition to empowering farmers with new-age farming equipment and infrastructure, developing the neglected MSME sector is one of the key agendas of Boro’s campaign. In his rallies, Boro’s focus has been on uplifting the society from the grassroots level.

 “We will create 10,000 job opportunities for the unemployed within a span of two years and around five lakh self-employment opportunities in five years if voted to power,” said Pramod Boro.

Realising the importance of empowering the young boys and girls with the necessary and relevant skills to be able to tap into their boundless potential in the best possible manner, Boro has also announced setting up more than 100 skill-development and community colleges across BTR during his election campaigns.

BTR has an agrarian economy. 75 per cent of the people in BTC are dependent on agriculture, sericulture, dairy farming, and livestock rearing as their primary sources of income. Many young people have also joined the sector, primarily to supplement the efforts of their families.

“With a view to modernise the agricultural sector and to make it more remunerative and appealing, if voted to power, we will equip the farmers of BTR with state-of-the-art equipments, besides providing 100 per cent irrigation facilities in the fields. We will also provide incentives to the farmers for promoting Organic Farming, which in turn would improve the quality of farm products,” said Boro.  

Highlighting the importance of education for the youth and making it fruitful for the school-going and college-going students of the region, UPPL President said, “We will improve the road connectivity to all educational institutions of BTR. Appropriate measures would also be taken to improve the student-teacher ratio in schools and colleges to ensure quality education.”

Realising the many-sided benefits of internet and virtual learning, Boro has also announced to provide free and fast Wi-Fi in every school, college, university and ITI.

While digitalization has become the order of the day, UPPL feels that the young students of the BTR must not trail behind and, to bring them on an equal footing with their counterparts, they must be provided with a level playing field. This burning need finds resonance in Boro and his party’s vision for the region.