Some of the Insurgent Groups of NORTH EAST INDIA
United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
Started: 1979
Cadre strength: 2,500
Objective: Independent
Leadership: Paresh Baruah, commander-in-chief (armed wing); Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman (political wing)
Area of operation: Entire Assam, very strong in Tinsukhia, Dibrugarh, Nalbari, Nagaon and Kamrup districts
National Democratic Front of Bodoland
Started: 1986
Cadre strength: 3,500
Objective: Independent Bodoland in areas north of the
Leadership: Ranjan Daimary, president
Area of operation: Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Nalbari districts of
Manipur
United Nationalist Liberation Front
Started: 1964, armed wing set up in 1990
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Independent, socialist Manipur
Leadership: R.K. Meghen, chairman
Area of operation: Imphal valley and areas on the Myanmar-Manipur border
People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
Started: 1978
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Liberated Northeast
Leadership: Irengbam Chaoren, chairman
Area of operation: Imphal valley
Other outfits: Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup
Meghalaya
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
Started: 1992
Cadre strength: 200
Objective: To make Meghalaya the exclusive domain of the Khasi tribe
Leadership: Julius Dorphang, chairman
Area of operation: Khasi hills of Meghalaya
Other outfits: Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC)
Tripura
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (two factions)
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Secure independent Tripura
Leadership: One faction headed by Nayanbasi Jamatiya, the other by Biswamohan Debbarma
Area of operation: Entire Tripura
Other outfits: All Tripura Tigers Force (ATTF)
Nagaland
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Started: 1980. Splits in 1988.
Cadre strength: 2,000
Objective: Formation of Greater Nagaland based on Mao’s ideology
Leadership: Isak Chisi Swu, chairman, Th. Muivah, general secretary
Area of operation: Four districts of Manipur—Ukhrul, Senapati, Chandel and Tamengong and entire Nagaland and Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh
Other outfits: NSCN-K (Khaplang faction)
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