The banned outfit ULFA has appealed to the Government to free its jailed leaders so as to take a final decision on the proposed peace talk. <br/><br/>Welcoming the Assam Cabinet decision on holding peace talks, the outfit’s publicity Secretary Mithinga Daimary, who is currently on bail, in a press release to local newspapers, clarified that the organisation never favoured a negotiation without its commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah. He said it is upto the Government to create a peaceful atmosphere for peace talks. Daimary said ULFA had always been favouring a political dialogue to fulfil its demands.<br/><br/>Commenting on the recent visit of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to Assam, the ULFA leader said his views on peace talks with the outfit was a positive gesture. <br/><br/>The statement of the outfit came after a meeting of the general council chaired by the jailed ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa at the Central Jail in Guwahati yesterday.It was held to discuss on the Government’s peace talk offer.<br/><br/>Among the ULFA’s 15-member general Council, six, including Arabinda Rajkhowa, are in judicial custody. Two have been released on bail while one died and five others are missing since the Bhutan operation in 2003.
News On AIR | May 29, 2010 1:52 PM
Free our leader and we may talk: ULFA to Govt