| | | Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) - Former Terrorist Group of Assam
September 10: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani discusses Bodo issue with a BLT delegation that included 'vice chairman' Kamal Mushahary and 'publicity secretary' Mainoo Daimari. Advani informs the BLT leaders that an inter-ministerial meeting would be held on October 13 and 14 to work out an economic package for Bodo areas. August 6: BLT sets free 17 Utterkuchi villagers held hostage since August 3 in Nalbari district Assam. August 3: Suspected BLT cadres beat up and threaten forest officials near Boko, Kamrup district, following the officials refusal to let go a raft they had seized and which was allegedly carrying illegal timber consignment. Suspected BLT cadres abduct 17 non-Bodo villagers from Utterkuchi village, Nalbari district.
June 18: BLT observes sixth 'foundation day' in Kokarajhar. May 15: BLT executive committee reiterates that boundaries of the proposed BTC should be in conformity with its demands. Also, it says it may stop participating in the tripartite meetings. May 6: Delhi tripartite meeting on the BTC between the BLT, Assam government and Union government ends inconclusively. May 4: BLT president Hagrama Basumatary is quoted as saying that the BLT would rethink on its further participation in the tripartite talks with the State and Union governments on the BTC issue.
March 23, 24: BLT leaders participate in the tripartite meeting with the Assam government and the Union government. Decision taken to allow the Assam government to formulate modalities for amendment to the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution taken. February 13: State Cabinet formally approves the formation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the modified Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India, with adequate and specific safeguards of the rights of the non-Bodos. February 12: Suspected BLT terrorists allegedly kill a businessman at Basugaon in Kokarajhar. Victim's father was also seriously injured in the incident. February 10: Sub-Committee of the Assam State Cabinet meets leaders of the BLTF at Dispur. January 31: The Sonitpur 'district chairman' of the BLT, Shanti Basumatary killed at Gajenpathar, under Gohpur police station limits, by the suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) terrorists.
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