On April 7, 1979 when the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) took birth at the historic Rong Ghor of ancient Ahom Kings at Rangpur near Sivsagar, people took it just as a stray political development not a development to be alarmed of.

But they soon realized, a hydra-headed monster has been born in Assam whose eradication proved to be rather a very difficult task even for the Indian Army. Playing hide and seek with rise and fall for 39-years, the ULFA continues to hold Assam at ransom.

Mizoram began to experience Electoral politics with the formation of Mizo Union (MU) as the first political party on 9^th April, 1946 and it was followed by the formation of another political party known as United Mizo Freedom Organisation (UMFO) in the next year on 5^th July, 1947. Mizoram since 1948 has no poll related violence. As a matter of fact, security forces are employed only for performance of official duty. While killing, violence, rigging and many unfair practices are common in elections in other states of India in general and the neighbouring states in particular, all those unfair and evil practices are unknown totally in Mizoram. One of the reasons for continuous conduct of free and fair poll is due to influence of church and good Christian teaching. 

There is quite a lot of excitement in Assam, especially in the Brahmaputra valley for the past few months following the ongoing protest rallies against one major and sensitive issue concerning the indigenous people in the State, the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.  The indigenous people have been opposing to this Bill ever since it was introduced in the Parliament on July 19, 2016. Why? They are apprehensive that if the Bill is passed in the Parliament, they will not only lose their language, culture but will also be reduced to a minority in their own land.