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Centre extends ban on Bodo insurgent group NDFB
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- The Centre has extended the ban on Assam-based Bodo insurgent group NDFB by another five years, saying the outlawed outfit has continued to indulge in violent activities, including killing and extortion, and undermine the country’s territorial integrity in collusion with anti-India forces.
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- The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) has been indulging in illegal and violent activities, intending to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India in furtherance of its objective of achieving a separate Bodoland.
- Banned under UAPA: The Ministry extended the ban on NDBF under the provisions of sub-Section (1) of Section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
- Demand for Separate Bodoland: It said the NDFB has also established camps and hideouts across the country’s border to carry out its secessionist activities and obtain assistance from anti-India forces in other countries to procure arms, besides securing other helps to have a separate Bodoland.
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The Hindu