This is an archive article published on December 29, 2023
ULFA, Centre, Assam govt to sign peace accord today
Sources said two top leaders of the Rajkhowa group have been in the national capital since last week and gave the final touches to the peace agreement along with government interlocutors.
A tripartite peace accord between the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the Central and Assam governments will be signed Friday, aiming to end decades-old insurgency in the northeastern state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and more than a dozen top leaders of the pro-talks faction of the ULFA headed by Arabinda Rajkhowa will be present during the signing of the peace agreement in North Block.
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“The accord will take care of a host of long-standing political, economic and social issues concerning Assam, besides providing cultural safeguards and land rights to the indigenous people,” the officials said.
Sources said two top leaders of the Rajkhowa group have been in the national capital since last week and gave the final touches to the peace agreement along with government interlocutors.
“Those who have been talking to the ULFA faction from the government side include Director of the Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka and the government’s adviser on Northeast affairs A K Mishra,” the source said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah 
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