In a major breakthrough on the insurgency front in the North East... around 50 cadres of the anti-talk Sao-rai-gwra faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland or NDFB-S returned to India last week from Myanmar to join the ongoing peace process with the Centre.
The cadres were led by the faction's chairman B. Sao-rai-gwra who expressed willingness to give up the group's armed struggle.
Bodos are the single largest tribal community in Assam, making up over 5-6 per cent of the state’s population. They have controlled large parts of Assam in the past.
They have had a long history of separatist demands, marked by armed struggle.
In October 1986, the prominent group Bodo Security Force was formed by Ranjan Daimary demanding a separate Bodo state. The BdSF subsequently renamed itself as the National Democratic Front of Bodoland.
Today in In Depth we are discussing the likely new Bodo peace pact... the history of NDFB and its factions... the agitation for Bodoland and the insurgency in north east region of the country.
Anchor - Smriti Rastogi
12 янв 2020
