Posted 12/29/2023, 11:50:25 AM
ULFA Faction Signs Peace Deal With India, Moves Towards Ending Assam Insurgency
- ULFA signs peace accord with Indian government and Assam state government
- Agreement formally ends ULFA faction's violent separatist movement and brings them into mainstream politics
- Peace pact brings decades-old Assam insurgency closer to complete closure
- Hardline ULFA faction under Paresh Baruah still not part of agreement
- ULFA formed in 1979 to demand sovereign Assam state and banned in 1990 for subversive activities