Several Bodo groups led by the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) have been demanding a separate land for the ethnic community since 1972, a movement that has claimed nearly 4,000 lives. No one will be called a militant now, they all are our brothers and sisters,” Mr. Shah said. Mr. Shah said that the families of those killed during the Bodo movement would get Rs. The first Bodo accord was signed with the ABSU in 1993, leading to the creation of a Bodoland Autonomous Council with limited political powers. The NDFB (S) has been involved in several incidents in Assam, including the December 2014 one in which 76 persons were killed.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2020 10:52 UTC