ULFA pro-talks faction to sign memorandum of settlement with Centre, Assam government
The Hindu
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to sign peace pact with ULFA on Dec 29 to address Assam's long-standing issues.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Assam government are expected to sign a memorandum of settlement with the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday, a Ministry official said on December 28.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and 16 leaders of the pro-talks faction of the ULFA, headed by Arabinda Rajkhowa, are likely be present at the signing of the peace pact at North Block on December 29.
The group joined the peace talks in 2011.
The other faction led by Paresh Baruah known as ULFA-I has not joined the peace process. Mr. Baruah is said to be in Myanmar.
The ULFA was born during the Assam Agitation of 1979 demanding a sovereign State for the Assamese people.
The settlement is likely to 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.
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