Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought peace and development to the Northeast by signing as many as 12 accords, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Monday.
The 12 accords include peace agreements with the outlawed group National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) in 2019, Bodo Accord and Bru agreement in 2019 and resolving the boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, he said.
“The prime minister believes that the country will not prosper if the Northeast is not developed. Since peace is the precondition for development, the Modi government has worked hard to bring peace to the region by singing 12 accords with various organisations. Today, peace prevails not only in Tripura but also in the entire region,” he said at an election rally in Karbook in Gomati district.
Saha said that the Bru Accord resolved the 23-year-old problem of the internally displaced people.
“The Bru people were leading a miserable life in relief camps but no government could provide a solution... It was the Modi government that ended the problem by signing an agreement in 2020. Now, they are settled in 12 locations in Tripura and the Centre has provided Rs 600 crore for their rehabilitation,” he said.
