Assam today took a path-breaking call to reach at a political solution for the 31-year long insurgency by on of the state’s dreaded militant outfits – the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). The Assam cabinet today finally decided to initiate, in principle, talks process with the Ulfa.
“We all want peace now. The people of the state want peace. So today the cabinet finally took the call to initiate talk process in principle with the Ulfa,” said Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
Stating that this has been one of the most important decisions that his government has arrived in the 9 years stint in power, Gogoi said, “The indications and hints” that the government was receiving from the Ulfa leaders, many of whom are in jails of Assam or are out on bail, was sufficient for the government to initiate the talk process. Today’s development comes just a day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram visited Guwahati and had discussion with the CM and the security agencies on issues relating to law and order and insurgency in Assam.