A woman at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, held a placard reading ‘WE WANT SIXTH SCHEDULE’ on 10 August 2026, as Assam-based groups gathered to demand constitutional protection under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Fellow protesters displayed banners reading ‘ARWC Long Live’ and ‘No 6th Schedule No Rest’. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Protesters from Assam gathered at Jantar Mantar on 10 August 2026, carrying placards that read ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, ‘ARWC Long Live’, ‘No 6th Schedule No Rest’ and messages in Assamese, pressing for Assam’s inclusion under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Assam community groups, including members affiliated with the ARWC, marched to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 10 August 2026, demanding that Assam be brought under the protective framework of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, which governs autonomous district councils in tribal regions. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India provides for autonomous district and regional councils to protect the rights of tribal communities in the north-east. Protesters at Jantar Mantar on 10 August 2026 demanded Assam’s inclusion under this framework, carrying placards in Assamese alongside slogans like ‘No 6th Schedule No Rest’. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Demonstrators at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 10 August 2026 held placards bearing messages in Assamese alongside Hindi slogans, underscoring the linguistic and cultural identity at the heart of the Sixth Schedule demand for Assam’s indigenous communities. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
The 10 August 2026 demonstration at Jantar Mantar saw groups from Assam, reportedly backed by the ARWC, reaffirm that their agitation will continue until the Centre formally extends the Sixth Schedule protections to Assam, according to placards and slogans at the site. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)