I agree, its not crystal clear from the Sentinel report. But the first paragraph quoted from what Reghupathy said seems to be clear enough. It looks like the ULFA has made some overtures to the GOI, and probably has withdrawn pre-conditions, including sovereignty.
Now, I guess we will have to wait till what the ULFA has to say about this. Obviously, this is only the GOI statement. --Ram On 7/27/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA and > >these reflect willingness of the outfit to hold talks with the > >Government without any pre-conditions and also specifically referred > >to their 'core demand' of sovereignty, Reghupathy said. > > > > **** Huh? What does this mean? > > > > >In the Government's reply, it was emphasised that the Centre had > >consistently expressed its willingness to talk to all groups who were > >prepared to abjure the path of violence. > > > > **** More Huh? > > > > > > > > > > > At 8:20 AM -0500 7/27/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > >If this news item is true, that would be a complete turn-around for ULFA. > >________________________________________________ > >ULFA for talks sans condition: Centre > > > >NEW DELHI, July 26 (PTI): The Centre today announced in Lok Sabha that > >it had received appeals for peace talks from United Liberation Front > >of Assam (ULFA) which indicate willingness of the insurgent outfit to > >hold a dialogue without pre-conditions. > > > >This was announced by Minister of State for Home S Reghupathy in reply > >to question raised by some MPs, including Vijay Kumar Malhotra of BJP. > > > >The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA and > >these reflect willingness of the outfit to hold talks with the > >Government without any pre-conditions and also specifically referred > >to their 'core demand' of sovereignty, Reghupathy said. > > > >In the Government's reply, it was emphasised that the Centre had > >consistently expressed its willingness to talk to all groups who were > >prepared to abjure the path of violence. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Assam mailing list > >Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > >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 Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu 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
