[Assam] ULFA remembers illegal Bangladeshis

[Nava Thakuria]

ULFA remembers illegal Bangladeshis

When they took shelter in Bangladesh, the militant leaders could not see a 
single illegal Bangladeshi in Assam. But once the government of neighboring 
country handed over them to India after there arrest (?) in Dhaka, they start 
remembering that Assam is full of illegal citizens from Bangladesh. At least 
Shasha Choudhury, the foreign secretary of United Liberation Front of Asom, has 
made an official statement that there may be more Bangladeshis in Assam than 
indigenous Assamese population. Choudhury, who was released from Guwahati 
Central Jail as the government paved way for a proposed talks with ULFA, arrived 
in his home district Nalbari on January 11. Addressing a crowded meeting in 
Nalbari town, the intelligent banned outfit leader warned that India would face 
a major trouble from the East (read Bangladesh) as well as from the West (read 
Pakistan).
“If I get the opportunity to represent our delegation to the talks with the 
government (Union government of India), I would first raise voice against the 
Bangladeshi immigrants taking shelter in Assam,” Choudhury asserted.
Mentionable that Choudhury with many top ULFA leaders were arrested in Dhaka in 
separate incidents by the Bangladesh authority in November 2009. Those arrested 
including ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, its finance secretary Chitraban 
Hazarika, deputy military chief Raju Barua with their families were handed over 
to Indian agencies with all secrecies. Neither Dhaka nor New Delhi initially 
confirmed the news. Even the Bangladesh media was in complete dark about the 
development. 

http://theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/others/region/28888-ulfa-remembers-illegal-bangladeshis.html