PAST FRONTS

North-east rebel groups had tried forming umbrella organisations twice before, both short-lived because of ceasefires and splits in major outfits

The Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front, formed in 1989, had NSCN-K, Ulfa, Kuki National Front and Myanmar-based Chin National Front as its members

NSCN-K and Ulfa formed United Liberation Front of Seven Sisters in 1995