Post signing of the deal, Home Minister Amit Shah announced that big development package will be given to Assam under the accord with ULFA and that this accord will be implemented fully.
The accord came after 12 years of unconditional negotiations between the ULFA faction, led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, and the government, officials said. The hardline faction of ULFA, headed by Paresh Baruah, is not a part of the agreement.
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)’s pro-talks faction signed a peace deal with the Centre and the Assam government on December 29, a big breakthrough in northeast insurgency problem. A timeline
The ULFA initially started as a movement but transformed quickly into an armed struggle characterised by kidnappings, extortions, killings and bomb blasts