Rajib: I am not sure about the broad objectives of the GOI outlined by you - but I perfectly agree with you that
"Neither the ULFA nor the GOI voices the aspirations of many sections of Assamese people. Which is why its voice/s and the message/s are necessary. The public does not need to twiddle their thumbs and stay behind the rest of India for the next 50 years just because the ULFA decided on a pernicious fight for 25 years. And if for that it needs to sell out ULFA or treat the GOI as a business opponent which needs the maximum extracted from, so be it. God forbid, we have a new cabinet and the change over of cornering the market for government contracts from SULFA to ULFA alone and nothing else to show for it. " Santanu -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rajib Das Sent: Sat 6/4/2005 8:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Assam] GOI-ULFA Negotiations II > > The GOI's strategy is to wait and hope that all > militancy will eventually tire and >get corrupted to > a degree that doles and state level ministries can > buy out. Then >it can just do another Assam accord > of 1985. Left to itself GOI would have waited out the eventual death of a militant group that finds its space continually getting limited by the day. The context for GOI, however, is very different. There is way more than a strong desire for peace in the state to the point where the GOI is hearing it loud and clear. It seeks economic growth in Assam (as it seeks in Karnataka) and waiting much longer would be very detrimental. There is a huge sensitity locally and globally against terrorism. It desires to be in the Security Council. It needs to connect to the rich nations of SE Asia to fuel the humongous economic growth it is seeking. GOI NEEDS peace in the next 2/3 years, not the next 20/30. This context has very little to do with ULFA. And the public - its context is very different from either ULFA or GOI. Neither the ULFA nor the GOI voices the aspirations of many sections of Assamese people. Which is why its voice/s and the message/s are necessary. The public does not need to twiddle their thumbs and stay behind the rest of India for the next 50 years just because the ULFA decided on a pernicious fight for 25 years. And if for that it needs to sell out ULFA or treat the GOI as a business opponent which needs the maximum extracted from, so be it. God forbid, we have a new cabinet and the change over of cornering the market for government contracts from SULFA to ULFA alone and nothing else to show for it. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
