27 January 2020, TON: The Assam government claimed to have signed an accord with outlawed insurgent groups of Assam - the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The Government claimed that All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU), which was leading a movement for a Bodoland state was also signatory to the accord.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal claimed that the tripartite agreement was signed by Government with leadership of factions of the NDFB, ABSU. 

However, the NDFB and ABSU leadership in Assam refuted the Assam Chief Minister’s claim and said, “Only four of the expelled factions have signed the deal with Assam Government”.

“It is a historical accord,” Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said and asserted that the pact will bring comprehensive solution to the Bodo issue.
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the Bodo Peace Accord signed in New Delhi on Monday will lead to a “full and final” solution to the decades-old Bodo issue.

In a tweet, Sarma said the Bodo Peace Accord has full support of the Assam government led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Sri Hagrama Mohilary, “making it a full and final solution to the over decades old Bodo issue”.