{"id":14096,"date":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/25-02-2021\/karbi-insurgency\/"},"modified":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","slug":"karbi-insurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/25-02-2021\/karbi-insurgency","title":{"rendered":"Karbi Insurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context &#8211;<\/strong>Recently,1,040 insurgents of <strong>five militant groups <\/strong>of <strong>Karbi Anglong district ceremonially laid down <\/strong>arms at an event in <strong>Guwahati.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These militants belonged to five organisations &#8212; <strong>the People&#8217;s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), the Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation (KLNLF), the Karbi People&#8217;s Liberation Tiger (KPLT), the Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)<\/strong> and <strong>the United People&#8217;s Liberation Army (UPLA)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The insurgents, led by PDCK chief <strong>Ingti Kathar Songbijit (IK Songbijit),<\/strong> a primary accused in <strong>multiple cases of militancy and ethnic violence in the state.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They were <strong>primarily operating in Assam&#8217;s hills district<\/strong>s &#8211;<strong> Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The development comes a year after the Modi government signed the Bodo peace accord bringing an end to the long violent movement for a separate Bodoland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Karbi insurgency<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Karbi a <strong>major ethnic community of Assam<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Karbi insurgency is one of the <strong>several insurgencies that Assam has faced over the years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The insurgency started by <strong>several factions and splinters<\/strong> which have been marked by <strong>killings, ethnic violence, abductions and taxation since the late 1980s<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These outfits<strong> originated from the core demand of forming a separate state<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Several clashes have broken out between various tribes in Karbi over the years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reasons &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The entire political discourse in this constituency <strong>revolves around the demand for granting of \u201cAutonomous State\u201d status to the region<\/strong> and <strong>more autonomy and power to the KAAC and the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (which administers over Dima Hasao district).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The significance of the surrender<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s a very significant development, for Karbi Anglong or Assam and also for Nagaland.<\/li>\n<li>It means that a<strong>ll insurgent outfits of Karbi Anglong district<\/strong> have now been brought <strong>into the mainstream which will <\/strong>reduce the influence of <strong>Naga militant outfits in Assam. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will ensure a<strong> life of dignity and respect for those who have surrendered arms<\/strong> by facilitating opportunities fo<strong>r livelihood and employment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:735px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:468.0pt\">\n<p><strong>Karbis &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Karbis mentioned as the<strong> Mikirs in the Constitution<\/strong> Order, Govt. of India, constitute an <strong>important ethnic group in the hill areas of Assam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, they never <strong>call themselves Mikir but call themselves Karbi<\/strong> and <strong>sometimes Arleng which literally means a man.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Although at present, they are found to inhabit the<strong> Karbi Anglong District, nevertheless, some Karbi inhabited pockets <\/strong>are found in the <strong>North Cachar Hills, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon and Sonitpur districts also.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Karbi Anglong District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Karbi Anglong District is situated in the central part of Assam, bounded by\u00a0 the state of <strong>Nagaland and Golaghat district in the east<\/strong>, Hojai district in the west,<strong> Golaghat and Nagaon district in the north and N.C.<\/strong> Hills district and Nagaland in the south.<\/li>\n<li>The district with dense tropical forest-covered hills and flat plains<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karbi Anglong<\/strong> is <strong>geographically divided into two parts<\/strong> \u2014<strong> East Karbi Anglong <\/strong>(EKA) and <strong>West Karbi Anglong (WKA)<\/strong> \u2014 with its administrative <strong>headquarters located at Diphu town in EKA. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Karbi Anglong District Council (KADC), which looks after safeguarding the rights of the tribal people, was upgraded to Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in April 1995.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC)<\/strong> is an <strong>autonomous district council,<\/strong> protected under <strong>the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sixth Schedule allows the constitution of autonomous district councils in <strong>Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram<\/strong> to<strong> safeguard the rights of the tribal population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-significance-of-militants-surrender-in-assam-and-history-of-karbi-insurgency-7203011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source :IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context &#8211;Recently,1,040 insurgents of five militant groups of Karbi Anglong district ceremonially laid down arms at an event in Guwahati. 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