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Baruah, while talking to local news channels on Saturday, said he is not upset or upbeat with the pact. He is not averse to dialogue. "We are open to discussion keeping in mind the history and principles of the state. There is no problem discussing our core issue. Just discussing our core issue will not mean that it is against the Constitution of India. Discussion of the issue should not scare anyone."

In an effort to put an end to the decades-long insurgency in Assam, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the Centre, and the Assam government signed the much-anticipated historic tripartite peace accord here on Dec 29.

ULFA, formed in 1979 demanding a “sovereign Assam,” 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.

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People of Assam and other North Eastern states haven't forgotten your BJP led NDA regime earlier. Nor we have forgotten killings of Parag Kumar Das or Thangjam Manorama and thousands of innocents life that were taken under your BJP led NDA regime.

The Ahoms were descendants of the Thai Civilization, which was as old as 2500 BC. The mingling of Thai culture for the creation of Bor Asom (A Larger Assam) by bringing the seven kingdoms under one at the initiative of the Ahoms is a precedent that is difficult to trace in other areas of the world and is offering an idea for a solution of the intractable problems afflicting the region during the present days.

In an effort to put an end to the decades-long insurgency in Assam, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the Centre, and the Assam government signed the much-anticipated historic tripartite peace accord here on Friday.Union Home Minister ...

The accord finally brought dowm the curtains on one of the biggest insurgent groups in the northeast region.

The pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments agreeing to shun violence and join the mainstream. The agreement, signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta