People's Democratic Front (PDF): Formed in early 1996, the PDF started off with a demand for creation of a separate state but has accepted the Bodoland Autonomous Council envisaged under the February 1993 Bodo accord. Has six MLAs and is allied to the ruling AGP in the state assembly. The PDF also openly acknowledges its ties with the banned Bodo Security Force, which now calls itself the Bodoland Army. The PDF is headed by Rabiram Brahma.
National Democratic Front of Bodoland(NDFB):Political wing of the Bodoland Army. Formed in the mid-'80s by Ranjan Datmary, a political science post-graduate from the Shillong-based North-eastern Hill University, the NDFB was formerly known as the Bodo Security Force. It wants an independent Bodo nation. Has ties with other militant groups such as the ULFA and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland. The outfit is known for a spate of high-profile kidnappings and killings in the early 1990s. Currently engaged in fratricidal clashes with the BLT.
Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT): The newest militant group. Has accepted the responsibility for the railway and road bridge blasts. Favours a separate state within the Indian Union. Known to comprise former hardcore ABSU activists. In fact, the BLT is seen as an extension of the ABSU's militant wing which was active under Prem Singh Brahma during the six-year long movement for a separate state between 1987-93. Prem Singh, who has since come overground, was also the chief executive member of the autonomous council between 1993 and May 1996 until he was newest militant group. Has accepted the responsibility for the railway and road bridge blasts. Favours a separate state within the Indian Union. Known to comprise former hardcore ABSU activists. In fact, the BLT is seen as an extension of the ABSU's militant wing which was active under Prem Singh Brahma during the six-year long movement for a separate state between 1987-93. Prem Singh, who has since come overground, was also the chief executive member of the autonomous council between 1993 and May 1996 until he was replaced by the PDF's Kankeshwar Narzary.
According to intelligence sources, the current scenario in Bodo areas, which roughly comprises the western Assam districts of Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon and parts of northern Assam's Darrang district, is as follows: A war for territory is raging between the ABSU and the PDF. Both are supported by the BLT and the Bodoland Army. Already, more than 30 people have fallen victim to the fractional war between the two groups over the last one month. While the BLT has its strongholds in Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts, the Bodoland Army is in full control of Darrang district and the Bodo villages bordering Bhutan.
