The home minister said that suspesion of operation (SoO) agreements had been entered with various insurgent groups, which had shown willingness to give up violence and seek solutions for thier problems peacefully withing the Indian contitution.
"Our government is ready to talk to any group or outfit which is willing to abjure violence and lay down arms like Kuki National Organisation and United Peoples Front in Manipur. Further, Metei Groups like URF, KCP and KYKL along with their factions, signed MoS in February, 2013 paving way for surrender of their cadres," said Shinde.
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Peace talks are presenlty being held with a number of outfits like United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) , National Democratic Front of Bodoland, Progressive NDFB(P) and NDFB - Ranjan Daimary faction.
"These strategies have resulted in steady reduction in the level of violence. Moreover, the strategy of the government has also encouraged surrender by militants belonging to various groups and their participation in the political process," claimed Shinde.
He further said that the Centre was continuously assisting the North-Eastern states by the deployment of central para military forces to assist the state police in counter insurgency operations and upgrading their skill level.
Shinde also requested Mizoram and Tripura to "sit together and discuss the issue of Bru migrants from a humanitarian angle" so as to ensure that the new generations of the migrant families were not denied their share in development. "While the funds provided by the Centre for resettlement and rehabilitation should be utilised so as to achieve the plan of rehabilitation at the earliest, the problem creators should be identified and dealt with sternly," added Shinde.