Many efforts made in making Northeast peaceful, developed: Amit Shah

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said several efforts have been made to make the Northeast developed, the most important of which is to establish peace in the region. He said this while presiding over the signing of an agreement among the central and Assam governments and representatives of eight Adivasi groups.

The agreement was signed here to end decades-old crisis of Adivasis and tea garden workers in Assam, an official statement said. The groups that signed the agreement included BCF, ACMA, AANLA, APA, STF, AANLA (FG), BCF (BT) and ACMA (FG).

The home minister said in accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a peaceful and prosperous Northeast, this agreement will prove to be another important milestone in the direction of making the Northeast extremism free by 2025.

He said after Modi became the prime minister, many efforts have been made in the direction of making the Northeast peaceful and developed, the most important of which is to establish peace in the Northeast.