[Assam] f ULFA is consequential, offer restoration of Sovereignty of Assam, as, it the ONLY acceptable political option for India made clear by the organisation. Bin the rest and STOP talking rubbish.

[Bartta Bistar]

Centre blames ULFA for jeopardising Assam peace process



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New Delhi, Oct 17: Blaming ULFA for jeopardising the peace process in Assam,
the Home Ministry on Tuesday said the banned group had failed to give a firm
assurance about participating in direct parleys with the Centre.

The issue figured during a Parliamentay consultative committee meeting when
Lok Sabha MP Sarbananda Sonowal from Dibrugarh in Assam raised the matter,
to which Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the state and the Centre were
willing to release five detained ULFA leaders but the group had failed to
give any firm date for participating in direct talks with the Centre,
official sources said.

Patil said the government favoured talks with any group that was willing to
hold parleys and abjure violence. "However, the Centre cannot be a mute
witness to the killing and harassment of innocent people," the minister
said.

Later, briefing reporters, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal
said while the offer of a dialogue with the ULFA was unconditional, the
militant group did not show any eagerness for talks. "There are reports
suggesting that ULFA is going to increase attacks," Jaiswal said.

He said the Centre was still willing to hold talks with ULFA if it showed
signs of abjuring violence. "Violence and talks cannot go hand-in-hand," he
said.

Briefing reporters about the consultative committee's meeting on union
territories, Jaiswal said there were several suggestions from the MPs on
various issues, including the appointment of an administrator for
Chandigarh, a post held by the Governor of Punjab, and appointing the Delhi
Chief Minister as Chairperson of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), a
post held by the Lt governor of the city.

Bureau Report



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