GUWAHATI: Amid furore and anguish following the dying of a young police officer in an come across with Ulfa (Independent) cadres in Tinsukia district on Friday, Paresh Baruah - leader of what had till now been an anti-talks faction - on Sunday accused the Centre of now not giving him the opportunity for placing his calls for at the discussion table.
In a change of stance, Baruah advised an area television channel on Sunday: "If the government of India wants a dialogue, it has to treat the Ulfa issue as a political issue, just like the NSCN (I-M)'s issue. Ours is not an issue that can be resolved with guns." While the demand for sovereignty is not off the table, Baruah mentioned Ulfa (I) is open to discussions. "Give us the opportunity to place our demands. If India is a democracy, it is not illegal for one community to ask for sovereignty," he mentioned. He added, "If given the chance, we will try to convince the government of India why we want freedom. Likewise, it is for the government of India to put forward its reasoning and try and convince us why we can't have sovereignty."
Baruah, who has been hopping throughout international locations and remained elusive since he teamed up together with his cousin Anup Chetia to shape Ulfa in Shibsagar in 1979, has been status his flooring, saying no to peace talks with out 'Assam's sovereignty' at the schedule for just about 4 decades.
Baruah had first announced his willingness to speak in 1994 or even declared ceasefire, best to regroup the outfit. The next time used to be in 2005 when he got then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a seat for talks with a panel of his decided on participants, which never reached conclusion. After the arrest of all other most sensible leaders, together with chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa in 2009, the outfit cut up and the Rajkhowa-led faction joined the peace procedure.
In a change of stance, Baruah advised an area television channel on Sunday: "If the government of India wants a dialogue, it has to treat the Ulfa issue as a political issue, just like the NSCN (I-M)'s issue. Ours is not an issue that can be resolved with guns." While the demand for sovereignty is not off the table, Baruah mentioned Ulfa (I) is open to discussions. "Give us the opportunity to place our demands. If India is a democracy, it is not illegal for one community to ask for sovereignty," he mentioned. He added, "If given the chance, we will try to convince the government of India why we want freedom. Likewise, it is for the government of India to put forward its reasoning and try and convince us why we can't have sovereignty."
Baruah, who has been hopping throughout international locations and remained elusive since he teamed up together with his cousin Anup Chetia to shape Ulfa in Shibsagar in 1979, has been status his flooring, saying no to peace talks with out 'Assam's sovereignty' at the schedule for just about 4 decades.
Baruah had first announced his willingness to speak in 1994 or even declared ceasefire, best to regroup the outfit. The next time used to be in 2005 when he got then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a seat for talks with a panel of his decided on participants, which never reached conclusion. After the arrest of all other most sensible leaders, together with chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa in 2009, the outfit cut up and the Rajkhowa-led faction joined the peace procedure.
Ulfa-I chief holds out olive branch, 'open to peace talks'
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