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The pro-talks faction that signed a peace accord with the government last month wrapped up, admitting they were doing so "without attaining our objective" but being left with "no option". Meanwhile, the Paresh Baruah faction holds out.

Ulfa, an armed secessionist group, has existed for 44 years and caused cycles of violence in Assam resulting in approximately 10,000 deaths. The Centr

Ulfa’s banned hard-line faction, headed by Paresh Baruah who continues to be a fugitive and is believed to be somewhere near the China-Myanmar border, is not part of the peace accord

Assamese people have their own, unique culture and language, and a strong sense of identity. Starting in the 19th century, however, as the region’s tea, coal and oil economy attracted migrants from all over, the indigenous population started to feel insecure.

After two failed attempts since 1992, the Centre and the Assam Government signed the long elusive peace accord on Friday, here, with a major faction of one of the biggest separatist groups in the region, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This pro-talks faction of the ULFA has agreed to

After Indias independence, Assam, unlike its peers, barely found a moment to act on its strengths and prosper. Its Naga and Lushai Hills (later Mizoram) districts got engulfed with militancy of a gigantic proportion. As the state became synonymous with separatism and militancy with cycles of violence, there was no question of Assam wooing any big-ticket industrial investments then.

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.

The insurgent demand for sovereignty was left out in the cold and the charter of demands was tailor-made to suit the long-held grouses of many in Assam.

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.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. 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, is set to be signed this evening here in the national capital in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. India News | With Pro-talks ULFA Signing Peace Pact, Assam Now Just One Step Away from Becoming Insurgency Free.