Assam government, ULFA, and the Centre will sign an accord today in New Delhi

 Assam government, ULFA, and the Centre will sign an accord today in New Delhi

Assam government, ULFA, and the Centre will sign an accord today in New Delhi

The CMO wrote on 'X' on Thursday, "Tomorrow at 5 pm, in the presence of the Union Home Minister as well as Cooperation Minister, Shri. Amit Shah, an MoU is scheduled to be signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam, as well as representatives regarding the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)."

Assam government, ULFA, and the Centre will sign an accord today in New Delhi.

The Assam Chief Minister's Office has declared that the national and state governments, together with the pro-talk group ULFA, would sign a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi on Friday.

The CMO wrote on 'X' on Thursday, "Tomorrow at 5 pm, in the direction of the Union Home Minister as well as Cooperation Minister, Shri. Amit Shah, an MoU will be signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam, as well as representatives of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)."

The message was also retweeted by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is expected to be present for the signing.

Leading the pro-ULFA negotiations group, Arabinda Rajkhowa, escorted a 16-person team to New Delhi on Wednesday to meet with Shah before to signing the deal.

Anup Chetia, the general secretary of the group, talked with peace negotiator AK Mishra on Tuesday while camped out in New Delhi since Monday.

The pro-talk group received a draft of the proposed deal from the Center in April, and in August, the two parties met again in New Delhi for further talks.

Chetia had said in October that he had provided the Center his recommendations in relation to the proposed plans.

ULFA was outlawed in 1990 when it began an armed uprising against the government. It was founded in 1979 in the ancient Rang Ghar amphitheater in Sivasagar, which dates back to the Ahom period.

When the pro-talk side headed by Rajkhowa made the decision to come back to the state from overseas and participate in peace negotiations, the organization split into two factions in 2011. The other group, led by its leader Paresh Baruah, asked for discussions to continue in ULFA (Independent) till then. Up until the'sovereignty' provision was included, there was dissent.

The talk-proponents had put out a charter with twelve requests for debate.

These demands include, among other things, financial and economic arrangements, update on missing ULFA leaders as well as cadres, amnesty, reintegration as well as rehabilitation of ULFA members and affected individuals, identification of the local indigenous population of Assam as well as protection of material resources.

Among the requests were the rights to establish special ties with other nations in order to advance mutual trade, business, and cultural exchanges as well as the restoration, protection, conservation, and diffusion of Assamese traditional culture.

When the Chief Minister took office in 2021, he extended an olive branch to ULFA (I), which resulted in the latter's declaration of a truce. However, it has since carried out three explosions in Tinsukia, Sivasagar, and Jorhat, which he said were acts of revenge. GP Singh, the Director General of Police, has a "arrogant" attitude.

Assamese civil society and opposition parties doubt the significance of the anticipated deal with the pro-ULFA discussions group. He said that there would be no peace in the state until ULFA (Independent) participated in the conversation.