Drone attack on Ulfa a setback to China-Pak's plan to give new life to insurgency in Northeast
United Liberation Front of Asom
's eastern headquarters in Myanmar is a setback to China and Pakistan's plan to revive its activities and other insurgent groups in Bangladesh and Myanmar eyeing to resuscitate insurgency in the northeastern states.
Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina government in Dhaka, the Pakistan Army and ISI, with tacit support from China, has been plotting to revive insurgency in NE by reactivating insurgent groups, according to persons familiar with the matter.
In March, China allegedly facilitated the movement of self-exiled Ulfa supremo
Paresh Baruah
from Ruili (close to Arunachal Pradesh-Myanmar border) to Xishuangbanna Dai region of Yunnan.
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ET had recently reported that Baruah is enthusiastic of Beijing's proposed 60,000 MW Hydroelectric Dam Project on Yarlung Tsangpo River that flows as the Brahmaputra in Assam.
Xishaungbanna Dai Autonomous Area in Yunnan Province houses a large number of Tai/Dai people who have ethnic connections with Ahoms. There are reports that Baruah could have access to Mong la in Myanmar, which is tightly controlled by China by its proxy group NDAA (a group in Myanmar's Shan region).
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It is learnt that northeastern rebels are still based in hideouts in the mountains north of Singkaling Hkamti in Myanmar's Sagaing region.
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