The outfit has been raised by the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA) demands a separate state of Greater Coochbehar for the ethnic Rajvanshi tribes residing in the area. Since there is no separate regiment them and numbers of Rajbanshi youth are without job, a new infantry regiment named 'Narayani Regiment' should be immediately raised." "BSF is training them in Coochbehar district while the GCPA is demanding a separate state which we have thoroughly opposed. Similar agitation (for separate state) was thwarted in Darjeeling too. The movement for a separate Greater Coochbehar state had long been suppressed by the state government in West Bengal.

Source: India Today August 23, 2016 15:47 UTC