[Assam] Politicians keeping ULFA issue alive

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Feb 8 06:06:39 PST 2009 

At 12:59 PM +0900 2/8/09, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
>So now even Assam Net is being threatened???Please identify yourself - ULFA,
>police, ISI, DGFI, GOI, GOA ???
>JS


**** This was not a threat, just a clueless note from someone who 
does not know the language too well .


The person also either does not read or understand much. It was only 
the other day we explained how to un-subscribe from the net. But did 
he get it?  Nooo!













>
>On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Biraj Bhuyan <karma260 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Sir,
>>  Please be advised that you delete this e mail from your list. Further e
>>  mail
>>  will not be appreciated
>>  Thank you, Karma
>>
>>  On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com
>>  >wrote:
>>
>>  > I don't think the netters would have missed this article in the Assam
>>  > Tribune. Since no one posted it, I thought it is worthwhile bringing it
>>  to
>>  > people's attention. Many of us have always suspected that the political
>>  > parties in Assam have kept the ULFA issue alive for their benefit. Now
>>  some
>>  > insiders are talking about it.
>>  >
>>  > Politicians keeping ULFA issue alive
>>  > Spl Correspondent
>>  >  NEW DELHI, Feb 6 - Confirming what has been widely suspected, pro-talk
>>  > group of ULFA said the banned outfit has played an active role in every
>>  > election in the State since 1992. The breakaway faction charged the
>>  > political parties with keeping the ULFA problem alive to serve their own
>>  > interest.
>>  >
>>  > The open assertion by the pro-talk group ahead of the Parliament election
>>  > is likely to trigger a heated debate on links between the political
>>  parties
>>  > and ULFA. The banned outfit has had a hand in formation of every
>>  government
>>  > since 1991, asserted Mrinal Hazarika replying to questions during an
>>  > interaction with students studying in Delhi.
>>  >
>>  > Without getting into details, Hazarika, who was accompanied by Prabal
>>  Neog,
>>  > said that ULFA had links with one party or the other at some point of
>>  time.
>>  > "We cannot deny involvement of any political party or minister with
>>  ULFA",
>>  > he said..
>>  >
>>  > Hazarika, however, declined to single out anyone by name, asserting that
>>  no
>>  > politician in the State can manage polls without help from ULFA.
>>  >
>>  > Prafulla Kumar Mahanta-led AGP Government was dismissed in 1990 by
>>  Central
>>  > Government for its alleged links with ULFA. Tarun Gogoi Government has
>>  also
>>  > faced allegations from time to time about involvement of some of its
>>  > ministers with ULFA, though he has consistently denied it.
>>  >
>>  > Significantly enough, these former ULFA men hold the political parties
>>  > responsible for the delay in resolution of the vexed militancy problem.
>>  The
>>  > State's political parties are keen on keeping the ULFA problem alive.
>>  They
>>  > do not want this problem to be solved, asserted Hazarika last evening,
>>  > interacting with a group of journalists.
>>  >
>>  > The Government of Assam has also not shown interest to solve the problem,
>>  > he added.
>>  >
>>  > When asked whether they planned to play in a role in the ensuing
>>  elections,
>>  > Hazarika said they have started interacting with few leaders and are
>>  > pressing them to highlight the issues they have been raising. "We also
>>  > propose to appeal to them to unite all the ethnic tribal groups of the
>>  > State", he said.
>>  >
>>  > The three-member delegation of former ULFA men including Jiten Dutta has
>>  > been touring the capital to drum up support for their cause. The leaders
>>  > said they want to evolve a consensus on the burning problems of the State
>>  > and build up a movement to establish that ULFA has become extraneous and
>>  the
>>  > demand for sovereignty has become irrelevant.
>>  >
>>  > "Unfortunately, ULFA has for the past 29 years of struggle, shoddily
>>  > deviated from its ideological goals. So, we have decided to put a
>>  momentary
>>  > break on our armed struggle and to pave out a way through democratic
>  > > struggle for the protection of our existence", the leaders said.
>>  >
>>  > The group has worked out a 12-point charter of demands, which would be
>>  > formally submitted on February 20 to the Prime Minister through the
>>  office
>>  > of the Chief Minister.
>>  >
>>  > The demands include total autonomy, as against sovereignty, creation of
>>  > upper House of the Assembly, the issue of illegal migrants, flood and
>>  > erosion problem, construction of the Stilwell Road, halt to construction
>>  of
>>  > mega dams in upper reaches of Brahmaputra river mainly in Arunachal
>>  Pradesh
>>  > and Bhutan, besides total control over the State's resources.
>>  >
>>  > Clarifying their demand for total autonomy, Hazarika said they advocate a
>>  > federal structure, where Centre would hold on to only four
>>  responsibilities
>>  > including defence, currency, external affairs and commerce.
>>  >
>>  > Interestingly enough, the pro-talk group does not see much hope of
>>  massive
>>  > crackdown on ULFA and other militant outfits based in Bangladesh after
>>  Awami
>>  > League came to power. In Bangladesh, the Army and the DGFI are
>>  all-powerful
>>  > and the State cannot do much without their consent.
>>  >
>>  > There may be some minor actions but those will be more of an eyewash,
>>  they
>>  > opined.
>>  >
>>  > The leaders, however, refused to accept Government of India's contention
>>  > that over 97 ULFA camps existed in Bangladesh. It is not possible to have
>>  > such a large number of camps, though there are few camps and shelters in
>>  > urban areas, Hazarika said.
>>  >
>>  > Confirming ULFA's relationship with ISI and DGFI, the leaders said
>>  > commander-in-chief Paresh Barua has not visited the State since 1992,
>>  though
>>  > chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was in Assam for a long time after that.
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