AASAA has submitted a memorandum to the President of India, reiterating its demand to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Scheduled Caste (SC) status to the Adivasis of Assam.
The peace deal was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block.
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"I am sure signing of the agreement will usher in a new era of peace & harmony in Assam," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. On January 27 this year, a total of 246 insurgents of two militant groups of the state laid down their arms and returned to the mainstream. Tripartite Peace Agreement to be Signed Between Centre, Assam Govt and 8 Adivasi Militant Outfits Today in Presence of Amit Shah.