A minority group’s demand for a separate territory is usually understood as its protest against the majority rule in a democratic setup. While the minority’s demand for a separate territory is against the majority rule, it is certainly not against the principles of majoritarianism. In the process of resisting against the majority rule, the minority aspires to be seen as a majority in an exclusive territorial arrangement that it demands. In this case, the minority takes a majoritarian approach to achieve greater democratic rights. This can be called as majority–minority paradox in a democracy. The present article is an attempt to critically understand the Bodoland conflict in Assam; especially as to how the Bodos demand for an autonomous or separate territory on ethnic lines can be seen as a similarly majoritarian approach to democracy. The demand for a separate territory exclusively for the Bodos revolves around the concept of majoritarianism. This article finds a key contradiction in how majority rule is opposed and simultaneously majoritarianism is practiced by groups demanding a separate Bodoland. This article also investigates militant organizations that are allegedly fighting for the “Bodo” cause including the various factions of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland. It also seeks to investigate what happens to the democratic rights of non-Bodos in the majoritarian “minority” politics of the Bodoland Territorial Area District.

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多数主义的民主之路

少数群体对独立领土的要求通常被理解为对民主设置中的多数统治的抗议。虽然少数人要求单独领土违反多数人统治，但肯定不违反多数人主义原则。在反对多数人统治的过程中，少数人渴望在其所要求的专属领土安排中被视为多数人。在这种情况下，少数人采取多数主义的方式来实现更大的民主权利。这可以称为民主中的多数-少数悖论。本文试图批判性地理解阿萨姆邦的博多兰冲突；尤其是关于博多斯要求在民族界线的自治或独立领土如何被视为类似的多数主义民主方法。专门为 Bodos 建立单独领土的需求围绕着多数主义的概念。本文发现了一个关键矛盾，即反对多数统治，同时要求单独的博多兰的团体实行多数主义。本文还调查了据称为“博多”事业而战的激进组织，包括博多兰民族民主阵线的各个派别。它还试图调查在博多兰领地地区的多数派“少数派”政治中非博多人的民主权利发生了什么变化。本文发现了一个关键矛盾，即反对多数统治，同时要求单独的博多兰的团体实行多数主义。本文还调查了据称为“博多”事业而战的激进组织，包括博多兰民族民主阵线的各个派别。它还试图调查在博多兰领地地区的多数派“少数”政治中非博多人的民主权利发生了什么变化。本文发现了一个关键矛盾，即反对多数统治，同时要求单独的博多兰的团体实行多数主义。本文还调查了据称为“博多”事业而战的激进组织，包括博多兰民族民主阵线的各个派别。它还试图调查在博多兰领地地区的多数派“少数”政治中非博多人的民主权利发生了什么变化。