The Assam Cabinet has taken a decision in principle to initiate peace talks with the banned ULFA outfit. <br/><br/>Disclosing this at a press conference at Guwahati today, the State Chief Minister Mr Tarun Gogoi informed that the Cabinet has decided to hold talks even without the presence of the banned outfit’s elusive commander- in- chief Paresh Baruah. <br/><br/>The development came after the go ahead signal to the State Government by the Union Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram who reviewed the internal security at a unified command meeting in Guwahati on Tuesday. <br/><br/>Mr Gogoi said majority of the Central Committee members of ULFA were in favour of a political dialogue with the Government to settle their issues amicably. He said out of the total 15 central committee members of the banned outfit, seven are in judicial custody.<br/><br/> Mr Gogoi said state’s security scenario has changed dramatically after the arrest of several top cadres of banned ULFA and NDFB.