Guwahati: All tribal insurgency groups of Assam have joined the mainstream in last nine years. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said this after the signing of the peace accord with Dimasa insurgency group DNLA in New Delhi on April 27 in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that with the blessings from the Prime Minister and under the leadership of Home Minister Amit Shah, the Central Government had earlier signed a peace accord with Bodo, Karbi, Adivasi militant groups. The last remaining tribal insurgency group DNLA also inked the peace accord on April 27. After this, there is no active tribal insurgency group in Assam, the CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He also mentioned that effort is on to bring all the insurgency groups of the North East to the mainstream in the coming days.
On April 27, in the presence of the Union Home Minister, a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement between the Government of India, the Government of Assam and representatives of Dimasa National Liberation Army/Dimasa Peoples’ Supreme Council (DNLA/DPSC) was signed in New Delhi.
The settlement is another significant milestone towards making North-East insurgency-free by 2024 and fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a peaceful and prosperous North East. The agreement aims to completely end the insurgency in the Dima Hasao District of Assam.
This agreement will end the insurgency in the Dima Hasao district of Assam; with this, there are no more armed groups in Assam today, and all the tribal groups are contributing to the development process of India by joining the mainstream.
Under the agreement, the representatives of DNLA have agreed to abjure violence, surrender all arms and ammunition, disband their armed groups, vacate all camps occupied by DNLA cadres and join the mainstream.
A Special Development package of Rs 500 crore each will also be provided by the Government of India and the Government of Assam over a period of five years for the all-round development of NCHAC as well as Dimasa people residing in other parts of the State.
The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, said that this agreement is another significant milestone towards making North-East insurgency-free by 2024 and fulfilling PM Modi’s vision of a peaceful and prosperous North East. He said that this agreement will put a complete end to the insurgency, and with this, there are no more tribal armed groups in Assam today.
Home Minister Amit Shah said that PM Modi has put forward the vision of a terror-free, violence-free and developed North East. The Ministry of Home Affairs is moving forward in this direction under the guidance of PM Modi. He said that under the agreement, the representatives of DNLA have agreed to abjure violence, surrender all arms and ammunition, disband their armed organisation, vacate all camps occupied by DNLA cadres and join the peaceful democratic process as established by the law. As a result of this agreement, over 168 cadres of DNLA are joining the mainstream by laying down their arms.
