Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: A tribal insurgent group operating mostly in Assam’s Dima Hasao district signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the state government on Thursday to shun violence and join the mainstream.
The Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) signed the Memorandum of Settlement on April 28 in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in New Delhi.
After the group signed the peace accord, Shah said Assam no longer has any tribal militant group. “With this, all tribal militant groups in Assam have joined the mainstream,” he said.
The home minister described the pact as “another significant milestone” towards making the Northeast insurgency-free by 2024 and fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of turning it into a peaceful and prosperous region.
Shah said the prime minister has put forth the vision of a terror-free, violence-free and developed Northeast and the Ministry of Home Affairs is moving forward in this direction under the guidance of Modi.
DNLA representatives have agreed to abjure violence, surrender all arms and ammunition, disband their armed organisation, vacate all camps and join the peaceful democratic process as established by the law, the home minister said, adding that the pact will bring a complete end to insurgency in Dima Hasao district.
