Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) India Wednesday extended a ceasefire with the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) by six months, a statement said.
‘It has been decided and mutually agreed to extend the suspension of operations agreement with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Progressive (NDFB-P) for a further period of six months up to December 31, 2011,’ the home ministry said in a statement.
The agreement was to expire June 30.
The NDFB entered into a ceasefire with New Delhi in 2005.
The pro-talk faction of NDFB announced a unilateral ceasefire in 2004, signing a tripartite agreement with the Assam and central governments a year later.
The statement said that the tripartite talks with the group would continue in the meantime.
The NDFB was formed in 1986 with the objective of securing an independent Bodoland in the areas north of the river Brahmaputra in Assam. The outfit was also known to be active in the Garo hills region of Meghalaya, close to the border with Assam.
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