CENTRE INKS PEACE ACCORD WITH ULFA

The process for peace has been on in Assam under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Home Minister Amit Shah.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) pro-talks faction of time-bound implementation of the agreement that was signed on Friday here in the national capital.

“This is a new start of a period of peace for the whole Northeast especially Assam. I want to assure ULFA representatives that with the faith you have kept in Government of India, from the side of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a programme will be made in a time-bound manner to fulfil everything, without you asking for it. Under MHA, a committee will be formed, which will work with the Assam government to fulfil this agreement,” said Shah, after the tripartite agreement signed between the ULFA, Centre, and the Assam government.

A 29-member delegation of the ULFA’s pro-talks delegation, including 16 ULFA members and 13 from civil society, signed the agreement.
A peace dialogue between the Central government and a faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) which has been on for over a decade now comes to a close today after the signing of the agreement this evening here in the national capital in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The tripartite agreement signed between the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)’s pro-talks faction, the Centre and the Assam government will bring lasting peace in the state, asserted Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.