National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Progressive

National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Progressive
NDFB flag
Active	2009 - present
Motives	Establishment of Bodo homeland within the Constitution of India
President	B Sungthagra
Size	3000+
Split from	National Democratic Front of Bodoland
Allies	All Bodo Students' Union, PJACBM
Opponents	Government of India

National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Progressive (P) is one of the three factions of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, an armed revolutionary group in Assam, who are currently in peace talks with the Government of India along with the Ranjan Daimary faction.

Their main objective is to carve out a separate Bodo homeland from the state of Assam.

B Sungthagra currently represents as president of the faction.

Over 3,000 members of NDFB (P) are currently housed in three government approved designated ceasefire camps in Udalguri, Baksa and Kokrajhar districts of Assam.

Apart from Bodoland, other demands of the faction include socio-cultural and economic demands. Some of these include – protection of land rights and political rights of Boro people outside the proposed Bodoland area, Inner line permits, reorganisations of districts, delimitation and reservations of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies, preservation and promotion of Boro culture, tradition and language, establishing of institutes of higher learning such as central universities, medical and engineering colleges, creation of Boro regiment and paramilitary forces, special development package, general amnesty to all revolutionaries, setting up of legal institutions, strengthening of air, rail and road transport system, setting up industries and employment generation, etc.

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