Kokrajhar, Oct. 16 -- The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) has warned that the reported removal of the Bodo language nameplate from the Assam Legislative Assembly building could revive the demand for a separate Bodoland state.

ABSU president Kwrwmdaoto Wary said in Kokrajhar on Friday that the issue is not merely about a nameplate. He described it as a matter of linguistic dignity, constitutional recognition and the Bodo people's historical struggle for identity and equality.

Wary said Bodo is included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and that its reported removal from the Assembly building could be seen by the community as a denial of its identity and recognition.

He said the Bodo movement had long sought dignity, recognition...