Ceasefire extension with NDFB under consideration: Gogoi

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says the Centre is considering the extension of ceasefire with NDFB as the term expired on December 31. Talking to reporters on Thursday on the new year’s day the chief minister also unveiled a slew of schemes to uplift the state’s socio-economic and cultural front.

Congratulating Bangladesh’s newly elected President Sheikh Hasina, the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi welcomed the change of guards in Dhaka as high expectations have been attached with the new regime’s prompt declaration of uprooting insurgent groups from its soil.