A Tripartite Agreement Signed between the Centre, the Assam Government and ULFA

A tripartite agreement for Suspension of Operations (against ULFA) was signed between the Centre, the Assam state government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in New Delhi on 3 September 2011 with the objective of bringing permanent peace in Assam. The Union Government was represented by the Joint Secretary (North-East) of the Home Ministry, Shambhu Singh and the Assam Government by the Home Commissioner Jishnu Barua. Shashdhar Chaudhuri, Chtraban Hazarika and Raju Barua, three key ULFA functionaries, represented the banned outfit. ULFA had earlier agreed to abjure violence and to find a solution to the problems as perceived by the outfit through peaceful negotiations with the Union Government and the Assam Government.

The agreement would pave the way for putting an end to violence in the North-Eastern State of Assam and clear the decks for initiating the process of holding peace talks with the banned insurgent group. The agreement is the harbinger of future talks and the pact will continue during the political talks and till a final agreement is signed. Members of the rebel group - numbering around 600 - will be put in special camps which will be called nabanirman kendras.