Guwahati, Aug. 20 -- Representatives of the matrilineal Garo community in Meghalaya have taken their long-standing demand for a separate Garoland state to the national capital.

Members of the Garoland State Movement Committee (GSMC), led by acting chairman Balkarin Ch Marak, met Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) to submit a memorandum requesting the creation of Garoland under Article 3 of the Constitution, which empowers Parliament to form new states and reorganize existing state boundaries.

Other GSMC representatives included publicity secretary Chevibirth Koknal, assistant general secretary Tony Balsam Ch Marak, executive member Amresh Ch Marak, and organizing secretary Jason Tekrang.

The memoran...