The Bodoland dispute that has been going on for 50 years is complete, know the whole affair

New delhi date. 27 January 2020, Monday

The government has had a major breakthrough in eradicating extremism from the eastern states. Representatives of the central government, the Assam government and the burden extremists signed the Assam Agreement 2020 in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. With this agreement, a 50-year-old Bodoland dispute has ended, in which 2823 people have lost their lives so far. This is the third unequal agreement in the last 27 years.

On this occasion, the Home Minister announced that the 1550 cadres of the extremist group National Democratic Front of Bodoland would surrender their 130 weapons on January 30 and surrender. Shah said that after this understanding, the golden future of the people of Assam and Bodo will be ensured. He assured that the central government would fulfill all its commitments to the Bodo people in a timely manner. He said that after this agreement no separate state could be created.

What is Bodo dispute

Almost 50 years ago, violent protests started to form a separate state in Assam's Bode-dominated areas. The protest was led by the NDFB. The protests grew so much that the central government declared the NDFB illegal under the Prevention of Illegal Activities (1967) Act. Bodo extremists have been accused of violence, coercion and murder. The violence has killed 2823 people.

Bodo Assam is the largest tribal community with 5 to 6% of the state's total population. Not only that, Bodo tribes have been in control over much of Assam for a long time. Four districts of Assam - Kokrajhar, Baxa, Udalguri and Chirang - together form the Bodo Territorial Area District. The district also has several ethnic groups. The Bodo people sought to create a separate state of Bodoland in the year 1966-67 under the banner of the political party Plains Tribal Council of Assam.