United Minorities Front, Assam was a regional political party in Assam, India. UMFA was set up in 1985 by the All Assam Minority Students' Union, Citizens Rights Preservation Committee (CRPC) and other religious / linguistic minority people of Assam, as a response to the "Assam Agitation" of All Assam Students' Union and the signing of the Assam Accord. The support of UMFA came mainly from Bengali Muslims and Hindus.[1]
The first president of UMFA was Kalipada Sen. The party merged with AIUDF in 2005.[2]
On 13 April 2013, the State Executive Committee has been formed in the State Level Conference held at Lengtisingha in the district of Bongaigaon.
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UMFA was formed in the year 1985.[3] It contested in the Assembly and General Election of 1985, and won 17 MLA and 1 MP seats respectively.[4]
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- ^ Banerjie, Indranil (27 January 2014). "Assam elections acquire considerable significance, campaigns centre around the accord". India Today. Retrieved 9 October 2019.