(6)No person who is not a member of a Scheduled Tribe of any autonomous district of the State of Assam shall be eligible for election to the Legislative Assembly of the State from any constituency of that district.Provided that for elections to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam, the representation of the Scheduled Tribes and non-Scheduled Tribes in the constituencies included in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, so notified, and existing prior to the constitution of the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, shall be maintained.[Editorial comment- The Constitution (Twenty-Three Amendment) Act, 1969, this amendment was added where the scheduled tribes in Nagaland is no longer entitled to reservations in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assembly, according to sections 2 and 3 of the act amending Articles 330 and 332 of the Constitution. Also refer ][Editorial comment-The Constitution (Thirty-First Amendment) Act, 1973, Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya’s tribal regions were also found to be under the exclusionary rule of Article 332.Also Refer][Editorial comment-The Constitution (Fifty-First Amendment) Act, 1984, it wаs enасted tо рrоvide fоr reservаtiоn оf seats in the house of the реорle for scheduled tribes in nаgаlаnd, meghаlаyа, mizоrаm аnd аrunасhаl рrаdesh аnd аlsо fоr reservаtiоn оf seаts fоr sсheduled tribes in the legislative assemblies of nаgаlаnd and meghаlаyа by suitably amending articles 330 аnd 332. The number оf seаts reserved fоr sсheduled саstes and scheduled tribes in the legislative assembly оf аny stаte under аrtiсle 332 оf the соnstitutiоn will hаve to be determined having regаrd tо the provisions of article 332 (3) оf the соnstitutiоn.Also refer][Editorial comment-The Constitution (Fifty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1987, dealt with the reservation of seats for tribal people of the North-Eastern states ( Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh ) in the Lower House of Parliament and State legislatures. This cannot be considered to be one of the major amendments but it was an important move for the upliftment of the weaker sections or those sections of society that were neglected for a very long time. The Act decided the rule of reservation or the rule for calculating the number of seats that were to be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.Also Refer][Editorial comment-The Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, 2003, is an additional act that modifies the Indian Constitution by reserving seats for members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in state legislatures under Article 332 of the Indian Constitution (90th Amendment Act). It aimed to bring about comprehensive changes in Indian politics and help the Bodo people get their due. Under this law, Bodo speakers are able to vote in the Bodoland territorial region, and the Constitution includes provisions to support their development.Also Refer]
