 The NDFB claims to represent the Bodo people, who are native to Assam.It has fought a secessionist war with the government for the establishment of a sovereign Bodoland.Although a number of NDFB militants had agreed to ceasefire and peace talks in the 2000s, the NDFB(S) faction led by I. K. Songbijit has refused to give up their militancy.