About: - ULFA or United Liberation Front of Assam is a major terrorist and insurgent organization operating in the north-eastern state of Assam, India. United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was formed on April 7, 1979, by Bhimakanta Buragohain, Rajiv Rajkonwar alias Arabinda Rajkhowa, Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia, Samiran Gogoi alias Pradip Gogoi, Bhadreshwar Gohain and Paresh Baruah at the Rang Ghar. Its aim is to make Assam an independent state through armed struggle. The Government of India banned it in 1990 and classified it as a 'terrorist organisation'. On February 5, 2011, ULFA leaders led by ULFA 'vice-chairman' Pradip Gogoi, along with 'foreign secretary' Sashadhar Choudhury and 'central publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary announced that the outfit's general council had endorsed the resolution of the central executive council (CEC) to sit for talks with the Central Government without any precondition. ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah led group described the general council itself as unconstitutional thus negating the resolution. The 'formal' split however took place in August 2012 when Paresh Baruah 'expelled' Arabinda Rajkhowa and appointed Abhijit Barman as the outfit's 'chairman'. Thus emerged two factions of ULFA- Anti-Talks faction of ULFA (ULFA-ATF) and Pro-Talks faction of ULFA (ULFA-PTF), led by Paresh Baruah and Arabinda Rajkhowa respectively.