*Assam traders call for immediate talks with ULFA* http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200705281967.htm
Guwahati, May. 28 (PTI): The Coordination Committee of different trade associations in Assam today demanded the state government convene immediate "unconditional" talks with the banned ULFA. The association, which organised a protest today against the recent bomb blast in the state, said the government should organised talks within a week or it would intesify its stir. "Everybody, including the ULFA wants talks, but by neglecting the issue the government is letting the situation out of hand and paving the way for violence," a member of the umbrella body of 30 trade associations, Vijay Gupta, told PTI here. "The Assam Government is helpless and the Centre is skirting the issue (of talks) and hence the problem," Gupta said. "If the government does not initiate the talks process immediately, we will intensify the agitation and submit memoranda to the President, Prime Minister and Union Home Minister", he said. Normal life was crippled in response to the 24-hr Kamrup district bandh, called to protest the killing of seven people in the blasts on Saturday, as the committee members staged a sit-in at the Mahatma Gandhi road. Members of the BJP, AGP, NCP, AASU and Purvatto Hindustani Sammelan joined the protest and demanded stern action against those involved in the killing of innocent people. Meanwhile, the AASU today observed "Black Day" in Jorhat, the home district of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, as part of state-wide protests.
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