indiaUpdated: Jan 27, 2020 17:15 ISTThe government’s peace accord with all the factions of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) will ensure a “golden future” for Assam and the Bodo people, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday. “As the home minister, I want to assure all representatives that all promises will be fulfilled in a time-bound manner,” Amit Shah said after the accord was signed. While Bodo groups have welcomed the deal, several non-Bodo organisations like All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union, All Bodo Minority Students Union, All Adivasi Students Union, Kalita Janagosthi Students Union etc have opposed the creation of a new UTC. On Monday, protesters opposing the Bodo deal blocked roads at several places in the BTAD districts and some other places since early morning. Monday’s deal will be the third Bodo accord signed in the past 27 years since the movement for a separate Bodoland for the state’s largest tribe started over four decades ago.

Source: Hindustan Times January 27, 2020 11:17 UTC