ULFA puts off talks with Centre
Guwahati, Mar 13, 2016, DHNS:
The Centre and the leadership of pro-talk faction of ULFA led by Arabinda Rajkhowa and Anup Chetia have decided to postpone a crucial round of talks on the ongoing peace parley.
The next rounds of talks were supposed to be held on March 14. Earlier both the Centre and the ULFA leadership had hinted that they might sign a draft deal ahead of the Assam polls but on Sunday the outfit’s general secretary Anup Chetia made it clear that the next round of talks will only happen after the poll process is over.
Peace talks
“The peace process has been postponed till the elections. We will go to Delhi only after the polls are over. We will ask permission from the Centre for going to Bhutan to find our missing leaders and cadres since the 2003 operations there. We will also urge the Centre to talk to Bangladesh government for the release of our cadre Dipjyoti Mohanta alias Pradip Roy who is lodged in Bangladeshi jail,” Chetia said.
Chetia also made it clear that the pro-talk faction of ULFA will not support any political formation in the Assam polls. He also urged political parties not to use the emotive issue of extra judicial killings of ULFA cadres and their family members and friends between 1998 to 2001 (better known as secret killings in Assam) as a poll plank.
With the ULFA leadership making it clear that the peace talks are not happening before the polls, BJP’s plans to bring a major surprise and get a draft deal signed in the lines of the framework agreement signed between NSCN(IM) and Centre last years, has received a severe blow.
The next rounds of talks were supposed to be held on March 14. Earlier both the Centre and the ULFA leadership had hinted that they might sign a draft deal ahead of the Assam polls but on Sunday the outfit’s general secretary Anup Chetia made it clear that the next round of talks will only happen after the poll process is over.
Peace talks
“The peace process has been postponed till the elections. We will go to Delhi only after the polls are over. We will ask permission from the Centre for going to Bhutan to find our missing leaders and cadres since the 2003 operations there. We will also urge the Centre to talk to Bangladesh government for the release of our cadre Dipjyoti Mohanta alias Pradip Roy who is lodged in Bangladeshi jail,” Chetia said.
Chetia also made it clear that the pro-talk faction of ULFA will not support any political formation in the Assam polls. He also urged political parties not to use the emotive issue of extra judicial killings of ULFA cadres and their family members and friends between 1998 to 2001 (better known as secret killings in Assam) as a poll plank.
With the ULFA leadership making it clear that the peace talks are not happening before the polls, BJP’s plans to bring a major surprise and get a draft deal signed in the lines of the framework agreement signed between NSCN(IM) and Centre last years, has received a severe blow.
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