It should not be a repeat of 1991 experience: ULFA
http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/17/stories/2005061703791300.htm
Special Correspondent
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`Army reinforcement not conducive to creating a positive environment' |
"Dialogue must be the medium for resolving the conflict sincerely and magnanimously"
GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has cautioned the Centre that the dialogue process should not be a repetition of 1991when the militants had "a bitter experience of talks."
In the latest edition of its mouthpiece Freedom, the ULFA said that in 1991 some of its leaders were killed soon after they were released from prison. It further alleged that the Government of India "took the signatures of ULFA leaders in surrender agreements when they went to
The ULFA leaders, who agreed to hold talks for a political solution of the conflict if the exchange of the prisoners was accomplished, were bound to withdraw from talks. "But the GOI [Government of India] made false allegations that the vice-chairman and the general secretary had jumped their commitment to surrender," the ULFA mouthpiece said.
"Dialogue must be the medium for resolving the conflict sincerely and magnanimously, and should not be used as a trap to demolish the leadership of the struggle," Freedom said.
When the process of dialogue between the Centre and the outfit was already set in motion "the reinforcement of the Army in
It said the ULFA waived two of the three pre-conditions for dialogue.The only condition it retained was that talks should be on the "core issue of restoration of
ULFA vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi, along with several senior leaders, is now lodged in a Guwahati jail, while general secretary Anup Cheta is in a
However, both the Centre and the State Government have made it clear that they will consider the proposal only after getting a formal request from the outfit.
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