To sign tripartite peace deal, ULFA -pro faction leaves for Delhi
To sign tripartite peace deal, ULFA -pro faction leaves for Delhi
Guwahati: A delegation of the pro-negotiation faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has left Guwahati in Assam for Delhi to sign the Tripartite Peace Agreement with the Union and Assam governments on December 29.
The ULFA delegation which left for Delhi from Guwahati in Assam consists of 16 members including ULFA President Arabinda Rajkhowa, Foreign Secretary Sasadhar Choudhary, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Raju Baruah, Pranjit Saikia and Pradip Hazarika.
A peace accord will be signed in New Delhi on December 29 at 5 pm between the ULFA, a pro-negotiation faction between the Center and the Assam government.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be present on the occasion of the historic signing of the Tripartite Peace Agreement.
Signing of the peace deal between GoI, Assam government and ULFA-pro talks is expected to bring about lasting peace in Assam.
Demands of the ULFA-pro talks faction included reserving 102 of Assam’s 126 assembly constituencies for indigenous people, updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), granting land rights to indigenous groups, granting ST status to six indigenous tribes, declaring the Assam floods a national calamity, and providing an 88 percent seat quota for indigenous people in educational institutions and government jobs.
Meanwhile, the ULFA-I faction, led by Paresh Baruah, has not yet engaged in peace talks.
