ULFA Signs Peace Accord with Indian Government

The agreement concludes 12 years of negotiations but does not include the hard-line faction of ULFA led by Paresh Baruah.

The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has signed a peace accord with the Indian government, pledging to end decades of insurgency in the region.
The peace accord concludes 12 years of negotiations and was attended by India’s Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The hard-line faction of ULFA, led by Paresh Baruah, is not part of the agreement and continues its rebellion against the Indian government.
ULFA, formed in 1979, carried out a reign of terror in Assam state in the late 1980s, including extortion, kidnappings and killings, especially targeting the state’s flourishing tea companies.
Despite the peace accord, Indian forces continue to battle dozens of ethnic insurgent groups in India’s remote northeast who are pushing demands ranging from independent homelands to maximum autonomy within India.