GUWAHATI: Ulfa's political adviser Bhimkanta Buragohain (79), who was released from jail after seven years on Sunday, said the outfit's commander-in-chief, Paresh Baruah, would come to the negotiating table after Ulfa's jailed executive members are freed.
"Baruah never said that he'll not come for the peace talks. We'll discuss the matter at our general council," Buragohain, the fifth top Ulfa leader to be released on bail in the past six months, told reporters. "I'll try everything for a permanent solution to the decades-old conflict." Later, hundreds of his supporter, including some surrendered Ulfa militants, welcomed him at Sonapur outside Guwahati.
The state government has been urging the Ulfa leadership to come to the table, but made it clear that it can't wait indefinitely for Baruah to start the talks. Barring him the outfit's entire top brass was in jail till recently.
The government decided against opposing the Ulfa leaders' bail applications as the demands for releasing the outfit's jailed leaders for the sake of talks gathered momentum. Earlier, Pradeep Gogoi, Mithinga Daimary, Raju Baruah and Pranati Deka were allowed to walk free. Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia is in Bangladesh since his arrest in 1997, while Baruah is believed to be somewhere along the China-Myanmar border.
Royal Bhutan Army captured Buragohain during 'Operation All Clear' — an offensive carried out to flush out over 3,000 militants belonging to Ulfa, NDFB and other banned outfits — in December 2003. He was later handed over to Indian authorities.
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"Baruah never said that he'll not come for the peace talks. We'll discuss the matter at our general council," Buragohain, the fifth top Ulfa leader to be released on bail in the past six months, told reporters. "I'll try everything for a permanent solution to the decades-old conflict." Later, hundreds of his supporter, including some surrendered Ulfa militants, welcomed him at Sonapur outside Guwahati.
The state government has been urging the Ulfa leadership to come to the table, but made it clear that it can't wait indefinitely for Baruah to start the talks. Barring him the outfit's entire top brass was in jail till recently.
The government decided against opposing the Ulfa leaders' bail applications as the demands for releasing the outfit's jailed leaders for the sake of talks gathered momentum. Earlier, Pradeep Gogoi, Mithinga Daimary, Raju Baruah and Pranati Deka were allowed to walk free. Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia is in Bangladesh since his arrest in 1997, while Baruah is believed to be somewhere along the China-Myanmar border.
Royal Bhutan Army captured Buragohain during 'Operation All Clear' — an offensive carried out to flush out over 3,000 militants belonging to Ulfa, NDFB and other banned outfits — in December 2003. He was later handed over to Indian authorities.
Read more: Ulfa ideologue released from jail - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ulfa-ideologue-released-from-jail-/articleshow/7050524.cms#ixzz17IzyOEXR
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