The cold war between NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary, who is languishing in jail, and his self-styled commander-in chief I.K. Songbijit, operating from Burma, may delay the proposed peace agreement of the outfit with the government of India in Assam.
Disclosing that differences between the two top leaders of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) were widening, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that Daimary, who is in judicial custody since his handing over to India by Bangladesh, has agreed to start the peace process but his field commanders are not supporting him.
Referring to the meeting of the Centre’s interlocutor and former Intelligence Bureau chief P.C. Haldar with Daimary in Guwahati Jail on Friday, security sources said that attempts are on to iron out the differences to engage the anti-talks factions in the peace process.
Regretting that differences within the rank and file of NDFB have started widening, security sources said that Daimary, in an obvious attempt to take effective control of the outfit, reshuffled the ranks of many top leaders and promoted junior cadres on crucial position in the outfit.
Though Daimary has announced these changes, his commander-in chief Songbijit was not happy with his unilateral decisions. Security sources said that effective control of the armed wing of the outfit is into the hands of Songbijit who is holed up in Burma. The Union home ministry is worried that in case of split in the National Democratic Front of Boroland, a unilateral peace agreement with Daimary may not yield any positive result, security sources said.