The Union home ministry in Month of December extended the ban on United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) under the Unlawful Prevention Act.
The home ministry in a gazette notification announced that all the factions of the ULFA and the NDFB are banned under Section three of the Unlawful Prevention Act.
As per the Press release of Assam government the ban extended on Unlawful organisation would stay until further notification by the government.
About United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
United Liberation Front of Assam is a separatist group from Assam along with many other such groups in North-East India. The motto of the group is to establish a sovereign Assam through an armed struggle in the Assam conflict.
The government of India banned the organisation in 1990 citing it as a terrorist organisation, while the United States Department of State lists it under other groups of concern.
About National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) is an extremist outfit whose motto is to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people in Assam, India.
NDFB fights to get a sovereign Bodoland north of the Brahmaputra River. It was very active during the 1990s. The NDFB is allied with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM) and illegally occupies terrorist training camps in the South of Bhutan.
In December 2003, the government of Bhutan and the Indian Army launched joint operations to destroy the terrorist camps operated in Bhutanese territory by ULFA and NDFB.
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