New Delhi: In the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA), an rebel group working largely in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, on Thursday (April 27) signed a peace agreement with the federal government. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and senior officers from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government of Assam have been current on the event.
After the group signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the Union Home Minister mentioned that this agreement is one other vital milestone in the direction of making North-East insurgency-free by 2024 and fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of a peaceable and affluent North East.
‘All tribal militant groups joined mainstream’
“This agreement will put a complete end to the insurgency and with this, there are no more armed groups in Assam today,” he mentioned including that, “With this, all tribal militant groups in Assam have joined the mainstream.” Shah mentioned that Prime Minister Modi has put ahead the imaginative and prescient of a terror-free, violence-free and developed Northeast earlier than the nation and the Ministry of Home Affairs is shifting ahead on this route below the steering of Prime Minister Modi.
Over 168 cadres of DNLA becoming a member of mainstream
He mentioned that below the agreement, the representatives of DNLA have agreed to abjure violence, give up all arms and ammunition, disband their armed group, vacate all camps occupied by DNLA cadres and be part of the peaceable democratic course of as established by the legislation. As a results of this agreement, over 168 cadres of DNLA are becoming a member of the mainstream by laying down their arms.
The Home Minister mentioned that as we speak’s agreement will convey an entire finish to the insurgency within the Dima Hasao District of Assam. Under the agreement, Dimasa Welfare Council might be arrange by the Government of Assam to guard, protect and promote a social, cultural and linguistic identification to fulfill political, financial and academic aspirations and can guarantee speedy and centered improvement of the Dimasa individuals residing exterior the jurisdiction of the Autonomous Council.
Assam CM on agreement
Assam CM mentioned that besides ULFA, all different issues have been solved within the state. “Agreement was signed between the extremist group Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) and the Government of Assam. Except ULFA, all other problems have been solved in the state,” he mentioned.
Along with this, the agreement additionally supplies for the appointment of a Commission below Paragraph 14 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India to look at the demand for the inclusion of extra villages contiguous to the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) with the Council.
The Agreement additionally supplies for needed measures to be taken by the Centre and the Assam authorities to rehabilitate the surrendered armed cadres of DNLA. To this impact, a Special Development package deal of Rs 500 crore every, may even be offered by the Government of India and Government of Assam over a interval of 5 years, for the all-round improvement of NCHAC in addition to Dimasa individuals residing in different components of the State.
On September 2021, the DNLA had declared a unilateral ceasefire for a interval of six months following an enchantment by the chief minister. The ceasefire has been prolonged since then. The DNLA announcement in 2021 got here two weeks after the rebel group allegedly fired upon on a convoy of seven vans within the Dima Hasao district, killing 5 individuals and injuring one. The DNLA was established in April 2019 in search of a sovereign territory for the Dimasa tribals and launched an armed insurgency to attain its aim.
