»Center Assam And Insurgent Group Ulfa Are About To Sign Tripartite Peace Pact
Center, Assam And Insurgent Group ULFA Are About To Sign Tripartite Peace Pact
To put an end to the insurgency in Assam, the federal government, the pro-talks section of ULFA, and Assam will sign a tripartite peace deal on Friday that would address political and social issues. On Friday, in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other prominent figures from the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the central and Assamese governments will sign a tripartite peace accord.
To put an end to the insurgency in Assam, the federal government, the pro-talks section of ULFA, and Assam will sign a tripartite peace deal on Friday that would address political and social issues. On Friday, in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other prominent figures from the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the central and Assamese governments will sign a tripartite peace accord.
It said that the indigenous people will also receive land rights and cultural protection. Since Paresh Baruah has been persistently rejecting the government’s olive branch, the hardline wing of the ULFA will not be a part of the accord. The hardline side led by Baruah, who is thought to be living somewhere along the China-Myanmar border, fiercely opposed the ULFA faction, which is led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, starting unconditional discussions with the central government in 2011. Its subsequent subversive actions resulted in the central government designating it as a prohibited group in 1990.
Despite fierce opposition from the hardline part led by Baruah, who is thought to be living somewhere along the China-Myanmar border, the Rajkhowa-led ULFA faction had started unconditional discussions with the central government in 2011. A “sovereign Assam” was demanded when the ULFA was established in 1979. Its involvement in subversive actions since then has resulted in the central government’s 1990 declaration of the group as prohibited. After the ULFA, the federal government, and state governments signed a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, the Rajkhowa faction began peace negotiations with the government on September 3, 2011.