[Assam] Gogoi critical of intellectuals.

[kamal deka]

The GOI has been insisting on pushing the talks to go forward without
any pre-conditions.This is the right move.ULFA,as you said,could lay
down the card of sovereignty at the time of negotiation.If ULFA
leadership believe that sovereignty does not mean outright grant of
independence to a region, then they should scale down their demand in
favor more autonomy.This is exactly NSCN(M) is doing.Please remember,
the Naga rebels have agreed to sit for talks within Indian Union ( not
to mistake with Indian Constitution).T Muivah even travels with an
Indian passport.
Kamal

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
> " IF ULFA HAS PUT A DIFFERENT MEANING TO " SOVEREIGNTY",ARE
> THEY UNDER ANY COMPULSION THAT FORBIDS THEM TO SPELL IT OUT PRIOR TO
> SITTING DOWN IN THE NEGOTIATING TABLE?" ---
>
> Why would ULFA do that? Why would they give away the bargaining chips?
> If ULFA is the other party in the negotiation and sovereignty discussion is so important to them, it should figure somewhere in the talks, definitely not  the starting point.
>
> But the smart people that ULFA and their consultants are, they can sit down to negotiate with GOI, with sovereignty up their sleeve if they are sincere about Assam's welfare. They can bring it up as a corollary during negotiations as a solution and they can always call off the negotiations  if GOI is unyielding on everything on the table.
> If there is will on both sides to solve the issues, there are many ways the negotiation can start with non-starters out of the way..
> How are the Nagas doing it? What came out of the last hoho in Delhi? Anybody knows?
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com>
> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 3:00:01 PM
> Subject: [Assam] Gogoi critical of intellectuals.
>
> The following is a news piece from AT for your consumption.Those,who
> have been pushing both the parties to the palaver table,urging the GOI
> to sport a conciliatory halo in the matter of sovereignty vis- a- vis
> Assam's independence, must realize that their pious and good
> intentions will come to naught,because the proposal is bound to go
> over like a lead balloon as soon as it reaches the Center's table.Of
> what measure is a dialogue,when the core demand itself is a known
> non-starter? IF ULFA HAS PUT A DIFFERENT MEANING TO " SOVEREIGNTY",ARE
> THEY UNDER ANY COMPULSION THAT FORBIDS THEM TO SPELL IT OUT PRIOR TO
> SITTING DOWN IN THE NEGOTIATING TABLE?
> KJD
>
> ULFA not sincere about talks: Gogoi
> Staff Reporter
> GUWAHATI, May 3 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today slammed the ULFA
> for being ‘insincere’ about the proposed talks by adamantly insisting
> on sovereignty as the issue, saying that no dialogue was possible
> under the circumstances as sovereignty was ‘non-negotiable.’
> Gogoi who was addressing a press conference made it clear in the same
> breath that the Government would not wait ‘indefinitely’ for ULFA
> ‘c-in-c’ Paresh Baruah to come for talks. “While we would prefer to
> have him (Baruah), talks can be held without him as we cannot wait
> indefinitely,” he said.
>
> Gogoi was also critical of the intellectuals who had been urging the
> Government to be flexible on the sovereignty issue. “Do these
> intellectuals calling for inclusion of sovereignty in the agenda
> favour sovereignty themselves?...I am a servant of the Constitution of
> India, and talks can proceed within its ambits – something made clear
> by the Prime Minister to the PCG earlier,” he said.
>
> Expressing concern over the activities of the Manipur-based ultra
> outfit UNLF and Maoists in the State of late, Gogoi said that the case
> of the two recently-arrested UNLF leaders would be handed over to the
> NIA.
>
> Gogoi said that the ULFA was not a revolutionary group as its leaders
> maintained a lavish lifestyle in foreign countries at the expense of
> their cadres. “The leaders have been exploiting the cadres who toil in
> jungles in harsh conditions,” he said.
>
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