INSURGENT OUTFITS OPERATING IN THE NORTH-EAST

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RAJYA SABHA

The Raya Sabha was informed that the following insurgent groups are operating in the country:

1.	United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA);
2.	National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam
3.	People’s Liberation Army (PLA);
4.	United National Liberation Front (UNLF);
5.	People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK);
6.	Kangleipak Communist party (KCP)
7.	Kanglei yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL);
8.	Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF);
9.	Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) in Manipur
10.	All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF);
11.	National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) in Tripura
12.	Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC);
13.	Achik National volunteer council (ANVC) in Meghalaya
14.	National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN/K)
15.	Naga National Council/Adino (NNC/A) in Nagaland

While ULFA, BDFB, PLA, UNLF, NLFT, NNC/A, NSCN(K) have sizable cadre strength, the other insurgent groups are operating with fewer cadre strength.

Government has taken various steps to tackle the terrorist outfits. These include, inter-alia, deployment of para-military Forces and Army in the State, coordinated action by Army, Para-military Forces and State Police for counter insurgency operations, declaration of major insurgent groups as unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, declaration of the entire State of Assam as "disturbed area" under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958; reimbursement of security related expenditure to the State Government and modernization/upgradation of State Police Force. The Governments have been appealing to the insurgent outfits to give up violence, join the mainstream and settle the problems through negotiation within the Constitutional framework.

The Minister of State for Home, Shri I.D. Swami said this in a written reply in the House today.