Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue
The Central government, the Assam government and Bodo groups — including all factions of the militant National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) has signed an agreement on 27 January 2020, for peace and development.
Background
- Bodos are the single largest community among the notified Scheduled Tribes in Assam and belong to Bodo-Kachari group. They constitute about 5-6% of Assam’s population.
- The first organised demand for a Bodo state came in 1967-68 under the banner of the political party Plains Tribals Council of Assam. In 1985, when the Assam Movement culminated in the Assam Accord, many Bodos saw it as essentially focusing ....
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