Centre-ULFA (Pro-talks) peace deal likely to be signed this week
First Published: 26th December, 2023 13:31 IST
Top pro-talk ULFA leaders, led by Anup Chetia and Sashadhar Choudhury, are in Delhi to finalise the deal with senior Home Ministry officials, sources said.
In a major development, the Centre is understood to have almost finalised the peace agreement to be signed with the pro-talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) The peace pact is likely to be signed within this week, sources said.
As per reports, top pro-talk ULFA leaders, led by Anup Chetia and Sashadhar Choudhury, are in Delhi to finalise the deal with senior Home Ministry officials.
A financial package, a review of the citizenship list over the issue of illegal immigrants, new measures of land reservation, and rights for the indigenous communities of Assam is likely to be mentioned in the agreement.
New provisions of political, economic, and cultural safeguards for the indigenous communities is also likely to be part of the deal.
Last week, ULFA leaders were in the national capital when Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma too was in the city.
During his stay in Delhi, Chief Minister Sarma met IB director Tapan Kumar Deka and NIA Director General.
Former Special Director of IB, AK Mishra, who is now the Advisor Northeast Affairs, and the interlocutor for ULFA peace talks also met the Chief Minister.
It may be mentioned here that the pro-talk faction of ULFA submitted a 12-point charter of demands to the Centre.
The peace talks had begun in 2011 and the 12 broad groupings under which negotiations were proposed to start included a status report on missing ULFA leaders and cadres and the issue of general amnesty on pending cases were drawn up.
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