Indigenous leaders of Assam have strongly condemned what they described as "barbaric atrocities" by Assam Police on members of the Koch-Rajbanshi community at Golokganj in Dhubri district on September 10. The leaders demanded clarification from the Government of India and safeguards to prevent such treatment of Northeast’s indigenous representatives. Official recognition of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007). Promotion and official status for indigenous languages under UNESCO’s International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–32). Declaring Assam a tribal state under the Sixth Schedule.