Today, the centre will sign a tripartite peace accord with five Assam-based armed groups

Later on Thursday, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here in the capital, a tripartite peace pact is anticipated to be inked with tribal armed groups in Assam as a further measure to uphold peace and law and order.

The agreement will be inked this evening at the Ministry of Home Affairs at 5 p.m., top government sources told ANI (MHA).

The Assam government, the Adivasi National Liberation Army, the Adivasi Cobra Militants of Assam, the Birsa Commando Force, the Santhal Tiger Force, and the Adivasi People's Army are all expected to sign the peace accord.

According to officials, these five tribal outfit groupings, which are now party to a ceasefire arrangement with the government, would sign the tripartite agreement. Since announcing their suspension of operations years ago, these Assam tribal outfit factions have been in a truce and have been holding peace negotiations ever since.

The Assam police are currently providing protection for more than 100 cadres of various organisations who are temporarily residing in designated camps.

The agreement will be signed in the presence of the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other top government representatives. The accord, which aims to bring peace to Assam and the Northeast, would be signed in the presence of key officials including Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla.

The Assam Chief Minister will meet with representatives from the five militant groups this afternoon at Assam House before going to the Ministry of Home Affairs to sign the historic accord.

The Assam Chief Minister previously met with dissident Adivasi groups to discuss the ultimate settlement, which is currently the subject of a truce.

The signing of a historic agreement between the governments of India, Assam, and Bodo leaders to end the more than 50-year-old Bodo crisis, which has cost the region more than 4,000 lives, took place in New Delhi in January 2020 under the auspices of Union Home Minister Shah.

On January 30, 2020, three National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) groups' combined 1,615 cadres disarmed as a result of the agreement. The NDFB members put down around 4,800 weapons, including AK-47 rifles, light machine guns, and shock guns, for the event.