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Updated: Jan 27, 2020 15:27 IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 27 (ANI): The Central government on Monday signed a tripartite agreement with the representatives of all
factions of the banned organisation -- National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) -- here.The peace accord was signed in the presence of
Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, which intends to fulfill key political and economic demands of the
NDFB.Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry Satyendra Garg, Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna and the key leadership of the nine
factions of the NDFB signed the agreement.Home Minister Shah, while addressing media, said the new development will ensure "a golden future
for Assam and for the Bodo people."He also stated that around 1550 of NDFB cadres will surrender on January 30."Around 1550 cadres along
with 130 weapons will surrender on January 30
As the Home Minister, I want to assure all representatives that all promises will be fulfilled in a time-bound manner," he said.Assam
Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, commenting on the development, said that "all stakeholders of Bodo society have signed the agreement,
reaffirming territorial integrity of Assam.""BTAD will now become the Bodoland Territorial Region," Sarma added.This is the third Bodo
accord which has been signed in the last 27 years since the movement for a separate Bodoland state commenced in Assam.The first Bodo accord
was signed with the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) in 1993, leading to the creation of a Bodoland Autonomous Council with limited political
powers.In 2003, the second Bodo accord was signed with the militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), leading to the formation of a
Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) with four districts of Assam, Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baska and Udalguri, called the Bodoland Territorial
Area District (BTAD).The BTC was formed under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution
The demand for a separate state for the Bodos has been going on in Assam for about five decades
