B Saoraigwra, president of now-disbanded NDFB(S) on Thursday formally joined the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) at a ceremony in Assam's Chirang district.

Saoraigwra, one of the signatories of the Bodo Peace Accord joined BPF at a meeting at Chirang district BPF office in the presence of Minister Chandan Brahma.

Over a month after signing a memorandum of settlement withthe Centre in January, all the four factions of the militant outfit NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) disbanded themselves this week.

It may be mentioned here that the joining of the NDFBsupremo comes a day after his fellow NDFB leader, Ferrenga, had joined theUPPL.