“After all the jailed leaders are set free, we will certainly decide for holding parleys with the Centre,” ULFA vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi told a gathering at Natya Mandir here today. The ULFA vice chairman along with political advisor and idealogue Bhimkanta Buragohain and central executive committee member Ramu Mech attended felicitation functions at Natya Mandir in Amollapatty and at Dibrugarh Development Authority market complex here. The ULFA leaders escorted by supporters also attended felicitation functions at Teloi, Khowang, Dulia Demow, Lepetkata, Dibrugarh University (DU) and Duarasuk before holding a meeting here.
Gogoi said that government needs to create an environment conducive for talks and then make its stand clear on discussing the issue raised by ULFA. “When we sit for talks, ULFA will also see that the demands, issues and aspirations of various ethnic communities, intellectual societies, non-governmental organisations, religious groups, minorities etc of the State are brought out for discussion,” Gogoi said. The vice chairman of the ULFA called upon the people to extend their support so that the conflict was resolved at the earliest.
Political advisor of the ULFA, Bhimkanta Buragohain, who is also called Mama said that ULFA is not just seeking peace through dialogue but wants that the exploitation, oppression, negligence and draining of wealth from the State by the Centre comes to halt. In his short speech, Mama also recalled his school days here. Earlier, Pradip Gogoi requested the gathering to observe one minute silence in respect of the ULFA men who laid down lives.
It needs to be mentioned here that top ULFA leaders like outfit’s chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury, finance secretary Chitrabon Hazarika are still behind bars in Guwahati. The vice chairman, political advisor and the central executive committee member of the ULFA later proceeded for Lahoal.
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