August 5, 2011 9:14 PM

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ULFA member seeks constitutional arrangements to find peaceful solution to Assam issue.

An eight member ULFA team led by Arbind Rajkhowa today met Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi today. Rajkhowa later said, they met the Home Minister and presented a charter of demands to find an honorable solution to Assam's three-decade- old insurgency problem. He said they have demanded Constitutional and political arrangements and reforms, including protection of the identity and material resources of indigenous population of Assam in their charter of demands. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi also attended the meeting, which lasted nearly 40 minutes. Soon after the meeting Gogoi told reporters that it was a cordial meeting aimed at giving fresh impetus to peace in Assam.Ahead of talks, the leader of pro talk ULFA faction Rajkhowa said they have come with a positive approach and are hopeful about the talks. Yesterday, he had said in Guwahati that they want release of Anup Chetia now held in Bangladesh so that he is able to take part in the talks.

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