[Assam] ULFA no longer a force to be reckoned with, IB tells Centre - Sentinel

[UTTAM BORTHAKUR]

Dear Ram Da:

As in the case of Armed Rebellion being obsolete, do we have anything to
discuss if ULFA is not a force to be reckoned with? Why the heck are we
discussing it at all? Why is Sentinel discussing it? Why some people came to
a conference for discussion for solving it through discussion? Why do I see
it on TV always that these leaders, some lawyers, the policeman, some
politician saying something or the other  on ULFA and this problem?

That day a doctor met me in an eatery. I have not heard anything about
his political connections. He asked me whether it was visible to me that
north Indian business communities are beginning to squeeze the Assamese with
sheer money power and political clouts from the heart of Guwahati City.....
when ULFA was strong they were no where to be seen... and he confided that
we are yet to see the last of the ULFA or its variants  even if the present
ULFA leadership capitulates. Pointing to his heart, he said, " Something is
there you know, it is not so simple...."

You may be knowing better. Though I do not support ULFA, and I do not belive
that any good will come out of their acts so far, but I do not believe that
Assamese or the north east peoples have no reason to feel alienated.....
whether you like it or not, the sense of alienation has not vanished as yet.
And such sense may not always have rational results.