Govt urges ULFA for direct talks
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Press Trust Of India
Posted Monday , August 14, 2006 at 20:20
Updated Monday , August 14, 2006 at 20:30
New Delhi: The Centre is 'not thinking' about the release of five jailed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leaders till the time the leaders of the banned outfit establish direct contact with the Government and come to the negotiating table.
A day after the Centre decided to stop all operations against the militants "for a few days" as a goodwill gesture, highly placed sources in the Union home ministry on Monday said the Government was yet to receive any communication from ULFA.
They said the Government has suggested to the security forces in Assam that if the ULFA cadres did not create trouble, they could also show restrain and added that this arrangement was only for a few days.
The sources said that the Government expected "simultaneous and parallel" action from the militants before release of the five jailed ULFA leaders.
A home ministry spokesman earlier said that in view of the temporary suspension of operations against the ULFA activists, the Government expected the ULFA leaders to come forward for direct talks.
Then the process of release of the jailed leaders can be initiated, he said adding that there was no communication from the outfit so far.
ULFA militants unleash violence around Independence Day to push for their separatist demand and this year too they have indulged in a number of attacks with security forces being their main target
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