Bodoland Territorial Council

Bodoland Territorial Council
Type
Type	Autonomous Council of the Bodoland Territorial Region
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Chief	Pramod Boro[1]
Deputy Chief	Gobinda Basumatary
Speaker	Katiram Boro
Leader of Opposition	Vacant, Bodoland People's Front
Structure
Seats	46 (40+6)
Political groups	Government (33) NEDA (33)   UPPL (16)   BJP (14)   GSP (1)[2]   Appointed (6) Opposition (9)   BPF (9)[3]
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	7-10 December 2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Bodoland Secretariat, Bodofa Nwgwr, Kokrajhar
Website
www.bodoland.gov.in

The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is an autonomous council for the Bodoland Territorial Region established under 6th Schedule of The Constitution of India according to the Memorandum of Settlement between Bodoland Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF) and Government of India and Government of Assam.

The BTC has 40 elected members and an additional six members that are appointed by the Governor of Assam. The area under the BTC jurisdiction is officially called the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD). The region falls within the geographical map of the least developed region in India. The agro-based economy is the only source of livelihood of the people. Industrialisation and other employment opportunities are scant.

The Bodoland Territorial Council is headed by a Speaker and the executive committee is chaired by a Chief Executive Member, currently Pramod Boro.

The BTC consists of five contiguous districts — Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang, Tamulpur — carved out of seven existing districts — Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darrang and Sonitpur — an area of 8970 km² (11% of Assam land area i.e. 78,438  km²) comprising various protected tribal belts and blocks in Assam. Its establishment was under the Amended Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India.^[4]