[Assam] Letter to the ULFA with a 'road map' of Assam's Sovereignty restoration process sho uld now take place and then the 'Cease Fire' between the two States can be meaningful for a po litical solution.

[Ram Sarangapani]

I agree with DD.

Posted below is a letter from the AT, that might answer some of your
questions, C'da about who was responsible (or not) for the failure of the
talks.
Like DD said, many of us, for a long time have held that neither the GOI or
the ULFA is interested in peace. The people of Assam are, but who cares for
the people. The ULFA cannot win the people over by killing the TE managers
or bombing and maiming innocent people.

If the GOI forces go awry, they are held responsible and someone pays, but
when the ulfa cadres go on a killing spree, they seem to be held up as
paragons of virtue by tunnel-visioned people, who see the ulfa doing no
wrong.
The question is, is the ulfa fighting the GOI forces or the people of Assam,
and who are they protecting?

Here is the letter:

*ULFA not interested in talks
* Sir,– The ULFA constituted 'Peoples' Consultative Group' (PCG) has now
decided to pull out of negotiations between the banned outfit and the
Government of India, accusing and abusing the government of its flip-flop
attitude to the extent of going back on its commitment by abruptly
re-imposing army operation against the outfit. The PCG has now alleged that
the government announcement capped a series of blows to the peace process
starting with the murder of a tea garden manager by ULFA militants in
Tinsukia district of upper Asom last weekend. Sadly enough, the PCG and a
section of the ULFA's supporters have found fault with the government for
its decision to resume army operations against the ULFA militants, but not
with the banned outfit which took the advantage of the temporary suspension
of army operations, ordered by the government to launch a vigorous drive for
extortion of money in various parts of upper Asom, and killing a tea garden
manager who could not pay the demanded amount of money to them. Then what
kind of peace was being maintained by the banned outfit in response to the
good-will shown by the government by unilaterally withdrawing army
operations in the state?

The PCG was pleading for ULFA's demand to release their five executive
members who are now in jail, to enable them to participate in the proposed
peace talks with the government, and the government made it crystal clear
that in order to do so, the ULFA top-brass must send an official communique
to the Indian government expressing their will to participate in the peace
talk with the government. Why this simple condition set by the Govt, could
not be conceded to? This attitude of the militants amply proves that they
are not interested in taking part in the proposed peace talk with the Govt.
Since both the leaders of the outfit are in foreign countries, they cannot
take any such decision to abjure violence against the Govt of India. But our
people are simply accusing and abusing our own government, which is not
supposed to take anything and everything lightly. —Yours etc., JIBON SAIKIA,
Chenikuthi, Guwahati.


On 10/6/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> *** Was it ULFA, whose right hand does not know what its left is doing,
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> *** Is it the ULFA that breaks off peace overtures and talks of renewing
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> The attempt to spread the blame equally, unfortunately does not fly. It is
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> Is this how the leadership of a wanna-be sovereign nation runs?
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> ULFA is as much to blame for this sputtering talk process. As discussed in
> this net so many times, neither side nor any of the ancillaries is
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> *Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>* wrote:
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> I can't believe these GoI yo-yo's.
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> Is this how the govt. of a wanna-be super-power runs?
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