Throughout its history, the National Liberation Army steadily gravitated towards violence and armed struggle as a means to attain a socialist Colombia.  At the ELN's 1996 national conference, the group decided to decrease emphasis on creating a purely socialist Colombia.  Instead, the ELN has returned to its founding objective: popular democracy for all Colombians, propagated at the local level.  The ELN has not given up the use of violence in its efforts.<br />

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) -- Rival
Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) -- Splinter Group
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) -- Ally
United Achik National Front -- Ally (Suspected)

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is one of several terrorist organizations operating in India's northeastern states.  The organizations are often devoted to a specific ethnic tribal group, with the aim of creating seprate, independent states for their tribe or state.  NLFT, specifically, aims to recreate the Tripura state as an independent entity from the Indian government.  NLFT, and other terrorist entities, justifies its insurgency as a reaction to the poor treatment of their tribal people by the Indian government and certain political parties.  In reaction to the oppression of Tripura's indigenous population, militant groups such as NLFT have risen and proved able of feeding off discontent among certain citizens. <P> While ethnic tribes might have legitimate complaints, it is a fact that certain groups have gone beyond mere protests.  These groups have crossed the line into terrorist attacks, including murders of political officials, rival tribal members, and non-tribal citizens.  NLFT targets innocent civilians, for reasons as petty as voting for a non-tribal political party.

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is an active terrorist organization.  However, NLFT is constantly in flux and has given rise to several splinter groups.  In 2001, NLFT split into two main factions, one led by Nayanbasi Jamatiya and the other by Biswamohan Debbarma.  According to confisicated records of NLFT, the split was caused by internal bickering among senior leaders, misappropriation of funds by certain senior NLFT members, and disagreement over the forcible conversion of NLFT members to Chrisitainty.  According to at least one report, approximately 90 percent of senior NLFT members are Christians.  Despite the internal fighting and regardless of future splintering of NLFT, the group remains an active terrorist threat in the Tripura state of India.