Agreement
ULFA peace accord, 2023
The pro-talks ULFA faction disbanded after decades of insurgency, though a hardline faction continues to seek sovereignty.
What happened
By the 2010s, ULFA had split into a pro-talks faction led by Arabinda Rajkhowa and a hardline faction, ULFA-Independent, commanded by Paresh Baruah, which continued to demand full sovereignty for Assam.[1]
On 29 December 2023, the pro-talks faction signed a tripartite peace accord with the Indian and Assam governments, agreeing to disarm and disband in exchange for a development package; the hardline ULFA-Independent faction was not a party to this accord. Reporting characterized the preceding insurgency as having claimed around 10,000 lives since 1979.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
-
1.
Claim: By the 2010s, ULFA had split into a pro-talks faction led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, which entered a ceasefire and negotiations with the Indian government, and a hardline faction, ULFA-Independent (ULFA-I), commanded by Paresh Baruah from bases reported along the China-Myanmar frontier, which rejected negotiations and continued to demand full sovereignty for Assam.
- United Liberation Front of Asom (Wikipedia) link, Split section. Source record
-
2.
Claim: On 29 December 2023, the pro-talks ULFA faction led by Arabinda Rajkhowa signed a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the Indian government and the Assam state government, following around 12 years of negotiations; ULFA agreed to renounce violence, surrender its arms, disband, and vacate its camps, in exchange for a development package reported at approximately 1.5 trillion rupees for Assam. The hardline ULFA-Independent faction under Paresh Baruah was not a party to this accord. Reporting on the accord characterized the preceding insurgency as having claimed around 10,000 lives since 1979; this bundle presents that figure as reported, not independently verified.
- ULFA signs peace pact with Centre, Assam Government; agrees to shun violence, disband organisation (The Tribune (India)) link, Accord terms and casualty-figure sections. Source record