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UWAHATI/DIBRUGARH: Amid reports of Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's arrest in Bangladesh, some jailed leaders of the banned outfit said peace
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negotiations would not be fruitful if their "commander-in-chief" Paresh Baruah is kept out of the process.
They feel that it would be difficult for Rajkhowa alone to take a decision on peace talks. "The process will not be fruitful if Paresh Baruah is not involved in the process. Besides, the outfit's demand for sovereignty' should be taken into account," said Ulfa publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimari, who is in Guwahati Central Jail at present.
"Peace talks depend mainly on the Centre's response to Ulfa's demand for sovereignty," said the outfit's jailed cultural secretary, Pranati Deka. She added that only the general council of the outfit can take a decision on it.
Outfit's vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi, who is also in Guwahati Central jail, urged social organizations of the state to play a positive role at this crucial juncture.
Paresh Baruah's mother, too, said if the proposed peace process was initiated without her son, it will be a futile exercise. "All the boys (the Ulfa leadership) had set out on a journey to achieve something for Assam. And if negotiations are held without Paresh, then the entire thing will lose its meaning," 84-year old Miliki Baruah said in Dibrugarh.
"Peace will not return if he is left out of the talk process. If the government has the capacity, then it should bring all of them (Ulfa leaders hiding in other countries) back. All the boys went together to realize a common goal. Then why is the government bringing back some and leaving out the others?" she questioned.
However, she was "confident" that her son would return if the government can convince him about its intentions.
On the other hand, AGP, the biggest opposition party in the state, has appealed to the government not to repeat past mistakes in the name of peace talks with militant outfits.
"We have experience of peace talks. In 1991, the Centre initiated peace parleys with a section of rebel leaders but it failed. In 2005, the People's Consultative Group (PCG) formed to initiate the process held three rounds of discussions, but it also flunked," AGP chief Chandra Mohan Patowari said on Thursday.
"We want the state government and the Centre to go for a process where the whole group of Ulfa could be brought to the negotiating table. This will herald a lasting solution to the state's insurgency problem," he added.
Patowari said the peace process would never succeed if a single faction of the outfit is left outside. He added that the government must learn from its past mistakes and should try to bring the entire outfit to the negotiating table.
UWAHATI/DIBRUGARH: Amid reports of Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's arrest in Bangladesh, some jailed leaders of the banned outfit said peace
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negotiations would not be fruitful if their "commander-in-chief" Paresh Baruah is kept out of the process.
They feel that it would be difficult for Rajkhowa alone to take a decision on peace talks. "The process will not be fruitful if Paresh Baruah is not involved in the process. Besides, the outfit's demand for sovereignty' should be taken into account," said Ulfa publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimari, who is in Guwahati Central Jail at present.
"Peace talks depend mainly on the Centre's response to Ulfa's demand for sovereignty," said the outfit's jailed cultural secretary, Pranati Deka. She added that only the general council of the outfit can take a decision on it.
Outfit's vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi, who is also in Guwahati Central jail, urged social organizations of the state to play a positive role at this crucial juncture.
Paresh Baruah's mother, too, said if the proposed peace process was initiated without her son, it will be a futile exercise. "All the boys (the Ulfa leadership) had set out on a journey to achieve something for Assam. And if negotiations are held without Paresh, then the entire thing will lose its meaning," 84-year old Miliki Baruah said in Dibrugarh.
"Peace will not return if he is left out of the talk process. If the government has the capacity, then it should bring all of them (Ulfa leaders hiding in other countries) back. All the boys went together to realize a common goal. Then why is the government bringing back some and leaving out the others?" she questioned.
However, she was "confident" that her son would return if the government can convince him about its intentions.
On the other hand, AGP, the biggest opposition party in the state, has appealed to the government not to repeat past mistakes in the name of peace talks with militant outfits.
"We have experience of peace talks. In 1991, the Centre initiated peace parleys with a section of rebel leaders but it failed. In 2005, the People's Consultative Group (PCG) formed to initiate the process held three rounds of discussions, but it also flunked," AGP chief Chandra Mohan Patowari said on Thursday.
"We want the state government and the Centre to go for a process where the whole group of Ulfa could be brought to the negotiating table. This will herald a lasting solution to the state's insurgency problem," he added.
Patowari said the peace process would never succeed if a single faction of the outfit is left outside. He added that the government must learn from its past mistakes and should try to bring the entire outfit to the negotiating table.
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