Posted 12/29/2023, 11:48:57 AM
ULFA Signs Historic Peace Deal with Centre and Assam, Agrees to Disband After 4 Decades of Insurgency
- ULFA has signed a historic peace deal with the Centre and Assam government to end years of insurgency
- The deal aims to address issues like illegal immigration, land rights, and development of Assam
- Home Minister Amit Shah said ULFA will be disbanded as an organisation and their demands will be met
- The removal of AFSPA from parts of Assam shows insurgency is nearly extinct in the northeast
- Founded in 1979, ULFA originally aided the needy but tactics escalated to anti-India armed struggle