Most-wanted Songbijit and over 1,000 Karbi militants from 5 rebel groups surrender in Assam
CM Sarbananda Sonowal said govt will ensure a life of dignity for the former rebels who have now surrendered arms.
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Guwahati: Ahead of Assam assembly elections likely to be held in April, as many as 1,040 members of five Karbi ethnic militant groups laid down arms Tuesday.
At an official ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati, the 1,040 members of Karbi People’s Liberation Tiger (KPLT), People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), both factions of Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Kuki Liberation Front (KLF) and United People’s Liberation Army (UPLA) laid down arms in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, senior police and Army officers, former Asom Sahiyta Sabha president Rongbong Terang, gaon buras (village headmen) and members of
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Sixty-four militants surrendered with arms and ammunition before Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Self-styled Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the ULFA (Independent) is one of the 64 who formally laid down arms before the chief minister.
Sixty-four militants, including a top leader of the ULFA (Independent), of four outfits, surrendered with arms and ammunition before Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Monday, officials said.
Eighteen members of the ULFA, 32 of the United People s Revolutionary Front, 13 of the Dimasa National Liberation Army and one of the People s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK) surrendered at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, a cultural institution, as reported by news agency PTI.
64 members of 4 militant groups surrender before Assam CM
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December 21, 2020 19:46 IST
Eighteen militants of the ULFA, 32 of the United People s Revolutionary Front, 13 of the Dimasa National Liberation Army and one of the People s Democratic Front of Bodoland surrendered
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Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, third left, looks at the arms and ammunition laid down by cadres of different banned rebel outfits in Gauhati, India, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
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Eighteen militants of the ULFA, 32 of the United People s Revolutionary Front, 13 of the Dimasa National Liberation Army and one of the People s Democratic Front of Bodoland surrendered Sixty-four members of four militant outfits surrendered with arms and ammunition before Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal here on Monday, officials said.
GUWAHATI: High on confidence after the BTC poll results which catapulted it to power in the council in alliance with two regional parties, the BJP has kicked off preparations for the assembly elections, which is barely four months away.
Newly appointed Assam in-charge, Baijayant Panda, reached Guwahati on Wednesday to take stock of party affairs ahead of Amit Shah’s visit next week.
Party sources said, “The Union home minister is expected to visit the state on December 26 and will attend some government functions then. He is also likely hold meetings with state BJP leadership to discuss the preparations for Assam assembly elections.”