National Democratic Front of Boroland - Progressive
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National Democratic Front of Boroland - Progressive (P) was one of the three factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland. The parent unit, NDFB, was formed on 3 October 1986 and was initially named as Bodo Security Force. It was an armed struggle for a separate state for Bodos, the largest tribal group in Assam. It was renamed as NDFB in December 1994 and later split into four factions headed by B Saoraigwra, Govinda Basumatary, Ranjan Daimary and Dhirendra Boro.
It was in peace talks with the Government of India along with the D.R. Nabla faction. In March 2020, it was disbanded after signing a peace agreement with government after the second round of talks in Guwahati in January. Three other factions of the NDFB also disbanded in March 2020 after 34 years of separatist movement after they signed the agreement with the Indian government in January.
On 10 March 2020, the NDFB (Progressive) faction headed by Govinda Basumatary, announced at a special general assembly held at the Khumguri designated camp at Serfanguri that the outfit was disbanded.
Objectives
Their main objective was to carve out a separate Boro homeland from the state of Assam.
Leaders
B. Sungthagra was the president of the faction.
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