NDFB-called bandh hits Bodoland Territorial Council areas

Guwahati, January 31, 2019:

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) has called a12-hours Assam bandh today due to the life imprisonment of their leader Ranjan Daimary at Guwahati's CBI special Court yesterday. The ‘bandh’ has hit the entire Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) areas on Thursday where life has come to a standstill.

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After the CBI special court gave out its verdict of life imprisonment to the NDFB Chief Ranjan Daimary and other nine cadres involved in the 30 October 2008 bomb blast case, the BTC land has witnessed an uprising against the verdict, with many of Daimary’s supporters, who hail him as a “freedom fighter” expressing their displeasure over the Court’s decision.

Questioning on the difference made in case of NDFB and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Anjali Daimary sister of Ranjan Daimary said that the separate Bodoland is a better choice since the tribal people have been always been ignored and discriminated.

It is to be mentioned that the NDFB, which has been designated by the Government of India as a terrorist outfit, has been demanding for a separate Bodoland from a long time back.